tamo

See also: tamö and tamò

Anjam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑmo/

Noun

tamo

1. man

References

• Robert Rucker, Anjam Organised Phonology Data (2000), p. 2

Japanese

Romanization

tamo

1. Rōmaji transcription of たも

Kokborok

Pronoun

tamo

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

   nini mung tamo?

   What is your name?

Determiner

tamo

1. what, which (interrogative determiner)

   nwng tamo manwi paikha?

   What things did you buy?

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• tam, tame, taméž, tamož, tamto

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈtamo/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈtamo/

Adverb

tamo

1. there (at that place)

   Coordinate term: sde

2. there (to that place)

   Coordinate term: sěm

Coordinate terms

Type		interrogative		relative	demonstrative			indefinite
		kto/ký qualitative	který selective	jen	sen proximal	ten	onen distal	jiný alternative	veš every
Time		k(eh)dy	-kterdy	jedy	—	t(eh)dy	on(eh)dy	jindy	v(e)šdy
Place	in	kde	-kterde	—	sde	tu	onde	jinde	vešde
	to	kam(o)	—	jam(o)	sěm(o)	tam(o)	onam(o)	jinam(o)	všam(o)
	through	kudy, kady	—	jady	sudy	tudy, tady	onudy, onady	jinudy, jinady	všudy, všady
	with prepositions	-kud, -kad	—	-ňud, -ňad	-sud, -sad	-tud, -tad	-onud, -onad	-jinud, -jinad	-všud, -všad
Manner	Way	kak(o)	kterak(o)	jak(o)	sic(e)	tak(o)	onak(o)	jinak(o)	však(o)
	Amount	kolik(o)	—	jelik(o)	—	tolik(o)	—	—	všelik(o)
Indefinite prefixes: ně-, leda-, neda-, ni- Indefinite suffixes: -koli, -si

Descendants

• Czech: tam

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “tamo”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /tamɔ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /tamɔ/

Adverb

tamo

1. alternative form of tam

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈta.mɔ]

Adverb

tamo (not comparable)

1. (Chełmno) alternative form of tam

Further reading

• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “tamo”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 143

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tamos

Etymology

Clipping of estamos, first-person plural present indicative of estar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ.mo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ.mu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta.mu/

Verb

tamo

1. (Brazil) eye dialect spelling of estamos

   Tamo junto!

   We're together!

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tâmo/
• Hyphenation: ta‧mo

Adverb

tȁmo (Cyrillic spelling та̏мо)

1. there (in that place)

   Nikad nismo bili tamo. ― We have never been there.

2. (distal) there, over there (in the indicated place)

   Eno ga tamo! ― There he is!

3. over here (to, towards this place)

   Hodaj tamo! ― Walk over here!

Synonyms

• tja (Croatia, regional, archaic)

See also

• (there, over there): ondje
• (here, over here): tu, óvdje

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tamo (Cyrillic spelling тамо)

1. vocative singular of tama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtamo/ [ˈt̪a.mo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: ta‧mo

Noun

tamo m (plural tamos)

1. fluff; dust

Further reading

• “tamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay temu, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmu (“to meet, receive; greet a guest”), or alternatively from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁mu, *t₁muj, *t₁muəj (“guest, visitor”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈmo/ [t̪ɐˈmo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ta‧mo

Noun

tamó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋᜓ)

1. act of acquiring (of a prize, honor, etc.)

   Synonyms: tanggap, pagtanggap, kamit, pagkakamit

2. benefit

   Synonyms: pakinabang, kapakinabangan

Derived terms

• magtamo
• matamo
• pagkatamo
• pagtatamo
• tamuhin

Etymology 2

From univerbation of kita (“see; look”) +‎ mo (“you”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈmo/ [t̪ɐˈmo], /ˈtamo/ [ˈt̪aː.mo]
• Rhymes: -o, -amo
• Syllabification: ta‧mo

Interjection

tamó or tamo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋᜓ) (colloquial)

1. come look; watch; see; get a load of

   Tamo 'to dali!

   (You) take a look at this, quick!

   Tamo ang sira-ulong 'to.

   (You) come get a load of this dumbass over here.

   Nasira ang buhay niya dahil sa bisyo, tamo?

   His life got ruined due to vices, do you see?

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamu (“turmeric: Curcuma zedoaria”). Compare Kapampangan tamu and Balinese tamu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈmoʔ/ [t̪ɐˈmoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧mo

Noun

tamô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋᜓ)

1. zedoary; white turmeric (Curcuma zedoaria, a type of plant with yellow root used for shaving)

Further reading

• “tamo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “tamo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tamu₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• amot, toma

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.mo]

Noun

tamo

1. an earthen pot

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh