mo
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most.
Adverb[edit]
mo (not comparable)
Adjective[edit]
mo (not comparable)
- (archaic, dialectal) Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances)
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXII:
- Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions.
- c. 1380, William Langland, Piers Plowman
- With that ran there a route of ratones at ones,
- And smale mys myd hem, mo then a thousande
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXII:
Etymology 2[edit]
Abbreviation of month.
Noun[edit]
mo (plural mos)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo (uncountable)
- (colloquial) moment
- Hang on a mo!
Etymology 4[edit]
Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.
Noun[edit]
mo (plural mos)
- (slang) a homosexual
Etymology 5[edit]
Pronunciation spelling of more. as pronounced in non-rhotic dialects, notably African American Vernacular English. Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mo (not comparable)
- (dialectal, African-American Vernacular) more
- Yo, you got mo chips?
Etymology 6[edit]
moustache + -o (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Surely just a shortening of "moustache"? "-o" suffix on a single letter looks implausible.”)
Noun[edit]
mo (plural mos)
Etymology 7[edit]
Clipping.
Noun[edit]
mo (plural mos)
- (prison slang) A molester.
- 2018, James Kühnel, Carceration State
- The Idaho prison is full of cho-mos (child molesters), mos (molesters), and all types of sexual predators that have engaged in some type of abnormal sexual acts.
- 2018, James Kühnel, Carceration State
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 8[edit]
From mil, by analogy with do and gro.
Numeral[edit]
mo
- The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Abinomn[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo
Adangme[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
mo
- you
- I suɔ mo.
- I love you.
Akan[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
mo
Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *mē, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (a prohibitive particle).
Particle[edit]
mo (masculine adjectival i mo, feminine singular e mo, masculine plural të mo, feminine plural të moa)
Alemannic German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).
Noun[edit]
mo m (Carcoforo)
References[edit]
- “mo” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Amanab[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo
Angguruk Yali[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo
References[edit]
- Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 157
Antillean Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo
Bikol Central[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mo
- second person singular possessive adjective; your
Dongxiang[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mongolic *mör (“trail, path”), compare Mongolian мөр (mör, “road, path”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
mo (accusative singular mo-on, plural mo-oj, accusative plural mo-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter M.
See also[edit]
- (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- m’ (used before vowel sounds)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish mo, mu, from Proto-Celtic *moy, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)moy, clitic oblique case of *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
mo (triggers lenition)
- my
- mo bhád ― my boat
- mo mháthair ― my mother
- me (direct object pronoun before verbal noun)
- Tá sé ag mo bhualadh ― He is hitting me
See also[edit]
Number | Person (and gender) | Conjunctive (emphatic) |
Disjunctive (emphatic) |
Possessive determiner |
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | mé (mise) |
mo L m' before vowel sounds | |
Second | tú (tusa)1 |
thú (thusa) |
do L d' before vowel sounds | |
Third masculine | sé (seisean) |
é (eisean) |
a L | |
Third feminine | sí (sise) |
í (ise) |
a H | |
Plural | First | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) |
ár E | |
Second | sibh (sibhse)1 |
bhur E | ||
Third | siad (siadsan) |
iad (iadsan) |
a E |
Further reading[edit]
- "mo" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “mo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian[edit]
Adverb[edit]
mo
- Alternative spelling of mo'
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
mo
Kalasha[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit मा (mā́), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle). Cognate with Hindi मत (mat), Persian مـ (ma-), Albanian mo.
Particle[edit]
mo
Lolopo[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Burmese -မ (-ma.).
Suffix[edit]
mo
- (Yao'an) female
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Loloish *ma¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꂷ (ma), Naxi meel.
Noun[edit]
mo
- (Yao'an) bamboo
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
mo
- Nonstandard spelling of mō.
- Nonstandard spelling of mó.
- Nonstandard spelling of mǒ.
- Nonstandard spelling of mò.
Usage notes[edit]
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Matlatzinca[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo
References[edit]
- Roberto Escalante Hernández, Marciano Hernández, Matlatzinca de San Francisco Oxtotilpan, Estado de México (1999)
Mauritian Creole[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
mo (objective mwa)
- I (first-person singular nominative personal pronoun)
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo
Alternative spelling: mot.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mo m
Derived terms[edit]
- molle hèrbe (“creeping soft grass; Yorkshire fog”)
- mollement (“softly”)
Northern Sami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
mō
Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Believed to be from the noun moe.
Adjective[edit]
mo (neuter singular mo or mott, definite singular and plural mo or moe)
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mo (neuter singular mo, definite singular and plural mo or moe)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo m (definite singular moen, indefinite plural moer, definite plural moene)
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo n (definite singular moet, indefinite plural mo, definite plural moa or moene)
References[edit]
- “mo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse mór (“moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.
Noun[edit]
mo m (definite singular moen, indefinite plural moar, definite plural moane)
Etymology 2[edit]
Perhaps from the noun moe m.
Adjective[edit]
mo (neuter singular mo or mott, definite singular and plural mo or moe)
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.
Alternative forms[edit]
- mod (alternative spelling)
Adjective[edit]
mo (neuter singular mo, definite singular and plural mo or moe)
Etymology 4[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mò (alternative spelling)
Noun[edit]
mo n (definite singular moet, indefinite plural mo, definite plural moa)
Etymology 5[edit]
From German, originally moder.
Adverb[edit]
mo
- Used as an intensifier about loneliness
- Synonym: mutters
Etymology 6[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb[edit]
mo
References[edit]
- “mo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *moy, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)moy, clitic oblique case of *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
mo (triggers lenition)
- my
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d23
- Mad ar lóg pridcha-sa, .i. ar m’étiuth et mo thoschith, ním·bia fochricc dar hési mo precepte.
- If I preach for pay, that is, for my clothing and my sustenance, I shall not have a reward for my teaching.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d23
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Occitan[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
mo m (feminine ma, masculine plural mos)
- my (possessive; belong to 'me')
Réunion Creole French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo
Samoan[edit]
Preposition[edit]
mo
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
mo
Usage notes[edit]
- Lenites the following word.
- mo + baile = mo bhaile ― my town
- mo + baile =
- Takes the form m' before words beginning with a vowel: m' ainm ― my name
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Particle[edit]
mo
- "inside" locative class suffix, "inside" of a definite place indicator
- watu wamo chumbani
- the people are inside the room
Inflection[edit]
Noun class | singular positive | plural positive | singular negative | plural negative |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st-Person | nimo | tumo | simo | hatumo |
2nd-Person | umo | mumo | humo | hamumo |
M-wa class / 3rd-Person | yumo | wamo | hayumo | hawamo |
M-mi class | umo | imo | haumo | haimo |
Ma class | limo | yamo | halimo | hayamo |
Ki-vi class | kimo | vimo | hakimo | havimo |
N class | imo | zimo | haimo | hazimo |
U class | umo | umo | haumo | haumo |
Pa class | pamo | pamo | hapamo | hapamo |
Ku class | kumo | kumo | hakumo | hakumo |
Mu class | mumo | mumo | hamumo | hamumo |
See also[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo c
Declension[edit]
Declension of mo | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mo | mon | moar | moarna |
Genitive | mos | mons | moars | moarnas |
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mo
- second person singular possessive adjective; your
Tuvaluan[edit]
Preposition[edit]
mo
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduced form of ddim o (“not of, nothing of”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
mo (causes soft mutation)
- (colloquial) negative particle used when immediately preceding the definite article or a definite noun phrase
- Fwytais i mo'r moron. ― I didn't eat the carrots.
- Wela i mo'r ffilm 'na. ― I will not see that film.
- Chlywoch chi mo Owain. ― You didn't hear Owain.
- Leician nhw mo wraig y dyn. ― They wouldn't like the man's wife.
Usage notes[edit]
Because this form is used only when directly in front of a definite object, it only appears in the (non-periphrastic) preterite, future and conditional tenses.
In front of a pronoun, mo has personal forms the same as the preposition o:
See also[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Does not mutate.
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse móðr (“emotion, anger,”) from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, whence also English mood. Influenced by French mode, from Latin modus. In the sense ’anger’ replaced by sinn. For the sense ’method’ compare me n.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo n (definite singular mode or moe, plural mo)
- (singular only) Spirit, love of life, optimism.
- Way of behaving, mood.
- han hadd de mode
- he had that way
- Fashion.
- Method.
Related terms[edit]
Yao[edit]
< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
---|---|---|
Cardinal : mo | ||
Etymology[edit]
Cognates include Swahili moja.
Numeral[edit]
mo
Usage notes[edit]
This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. libweta limo (one box). See the Yao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.
Yoruba[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mi (used in a negative sentence, or generally in some dialects)
Pronoun[edit]
mo
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
See also[edit]
singular | plural or honorific | |
---|---|---|
1st person | mi | wa |
2nd person | ọ / ẹ | yín |
3rd person | [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ | wọn |
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