namo

See also: namô, nǟmõ, and Nam̧o

'Are'are

Noun

namo

1. lake

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnamoʔ/ [ˈn̪a.moʔ]
• Hyphenation: na‧mo

Adjective

namò (Badlit spelling ᜈᜋᜓ)

1. our (exclusive of person spoken to)

Derived terms

• Amahan Namo

Related terms

• amo
• amoa
• kami
• kanamo

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

			direct		indirect (postposed)		indirect (preposed)		oblique
	Length:		full	short1	full	short2	base	suffixed -a	full	short
singular	first person		akó	ko	nakò3	ko3	akò	akoa	kanakò	nakò
	second person		ikáw	ka	nimo	mo	imo	imoha	kanimo	nimo
	third person		siyá		niya		iya	iyaha	kaniya	niya
plural	first person	inclusive	kitá	ta	natò	ta	atò	atoa	kanatò	natò
		exclusive	kamí	mi	namò		amò	amoa	kanamò	namò
	second person		kamó	mo	ninyo		inyo	inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
	third person		silá		nila		ila	ilaha	kanila	nila

¹ Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
² Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
³ Ta is used over nako or ko where the focus is a second-person singular pronoun.

Gothic

Romanization

namō

1. romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉

Hiri Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

Noun

namo

1. mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)

Japanese

Romanization

namo

1. Rōmaji transcription of なも

Lithuanian

Etymology

The adverb form is a clipping of earlier namóp(i), allative singular of nãmas.

Pronunciation

• namõ: IPA^(key): /nɐˈmoː/
• nãmo: IPA^(key): /ˈnäː.mɔː/

Adverb

namõ (not comparable)

1. home, homewards

Noun

nãmo m

1. genitive singular of namas

Middle English

Etymology

no +‎ mo

Adverb

namo

1. No more (of discrete items, such as would be described by mo and fewer)
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologues”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Ther was also a Reve and a Millere, / A Somnour and a Pardoner also, / A Maunciple, and myself - ther were namo.

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Minangkabau

Pronunciation

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Noun

namo

1. name

   namo Ambo, Amaik

   my name is Ahmad

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *namō.

Noun

namo m

1. name

Inflection

Declension of namo (masculine an-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	namo	namon
accusative	namon	namon
genitive	namin	namono
dative	namin	namon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: nāme
  • Dutch: naam, name (obsolete)
    • Afrikaans: naam
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: nam
    • Jersey Dutch: nâm
    • Negerhollands: naam
    • Petjo: naam
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: nam, naam
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: nám
  • Limburgish: naam, naom

Further reading

• “namo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *namō, whence also Old Saxon namo and Old Dutch namo, Old English nama, Old Norse nafn, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō).

Noun

namo m

1. name
2. (grammar) noun

Declension

Declension of namo (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	namo	namon, namun
accusative	namon, namun	namon, namun
genitive	namen, namin	namōno
dative	namen, namin	namōm, namōn

Derived terms

• selb namo (manuscript) / selb-namo (editions)

Descendants

• Middle High German: nâme
  • Alemannic German: Naame

    Italian Walser: namä, noame, nomu, nàmund

  • Bavarian: Nama, Nam, Nåm

    Cimbrian: nåm, name, naamo

    Mòcheno: nu'm

    Udinese: nome, nòmm, nome, nomat

  • German: Name, Namen
  • Luxembourgish: Numm
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Naame

  • Vilamovian: noma
  • Yiddish: נאָמען (nomen)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *namō.

Noun

namo

1. name

Declension

Declension of namo

	Singular	Plural
nominative	namo	namon, namun, naman
accusative	namon, naman	namon, namun, naman
genitive	namen, naman, namon	namono, nomana
dative	namen, naman, namon	namon, namun
instrumental	—	—

References

• Altsächsisches Elementarbuch (Germanische Bibliothek. I. Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher. I. Reihe: Grammatiken. Fünfter Band; 2nd ed., Heidelberg, 1921) by Dr. F. Holthausen; p. 246 "namo sw. M. Name.", cp. p. 106ff.
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀫𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• नमो (Devanagari script)
• নমো (Bengali script)
• නමො (Sinhalese script)
• နမော or ၼမေႃ (Burmese script)
• นโม or นะโม (Thai script)
• ᨶᨾᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ນໂມ or ນະໂມ (Lao script)
• នមោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄟𑄮 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नमः (namaḥ). The Pali root is nam.

Particle

namo

1. salutation

Usage notes

Used in formula namo + dative of person honoured.

Derived terms

• namassati (“to venerate”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “namo”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Solon

Pronunciation

• (Hui) IPA^(key): /nɐ.mʊ/

• Hyphenation: na‧mo

Noun

namo

1. sea; ocean

   Synonym: mederi (“sea”)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Do·Dɵrji (July 1998), “NAMO”, in Ewengki Nihang Bilehu Biteḡ / 鄂汉词典 [Ewenki–Chinese Dictionary], Hailar: Inner Mongolia Culture Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 472–473

Tokelauan

Te namo.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *namo. Cognates include Tuvaluan namo and Samoan namo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈna.mo]
• Hyphenation: na‧mo

Noun

namo

1. lagoon

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 248