mamo
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪməʊ/
Noun
mamo (plural mamos)
- Either of two extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Drepanis.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 421:
- In 1907, when a well-known collector named Alanson Bryan realised that he had shot the last three specimens of black mamos, a species of forest bird that had only been discovered the previous decade, he noted that the news filled him with ‘joy’.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 76:
- The plaintive whistle of the Hawai‘i mamo, a shy bird then found only on Hawai‘i Island, was heard only rarely by the mid-1880s, as cattle ranching and plantations altered the forest canopies where this nectar-loving finch once thrived.
Anagrams
Amaimon
Noun
mamo
Further reading
- Pat Lillie, Amaimon Organised Phonology Data (2001)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
mamo
- first-person singular present indicative of mamar
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmamo/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -amo
- Hyphenation: ma‧mo
Noun
mamo (accusative singular mamon, plural mamoj, accusative plural mamojn)
Derived terms
- grandmama (“big-breasted”)
- mamektomio (“mastectomy, mammectomy”)
- mamnutri, mamsuĉigi (“to breastfeed, nurse”)
- mamnutristino (“wet nurse”)
- mampinto (“nipple”)
- mamsuĉi (“to suckle”)
- mamulo (“mammal”)
- mamzono (“bra”)
- nudmama (“bare-breasted, topless”)
Galician
Verb
mamo
- first-person singular present indicative of mamar
Ido
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmamo/
Noun
mamo (plural mami)
Derived terms
- mamala
- mamego
- mameto (“teat”)
- mamiero (“brassiere”)
Italian
Etymology
Akin to mammolo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.mo/
- Rhymes: -amo
- Hyphenation: mà‧mo
Noun
mamo m (plural mami)
- (theater) a comedic character type representing a young boy who is inexperienced and naive, and yet wishes to come off as clever and experienced
Further reading
- mamo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.mɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -amɔ
- Syllabification: ma‧mo
Noun
mamo
- vocative singular of mama
Portuguese
Verb
mamo
- first-person singular present indicative of mamar
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmamɔ]
Noun
mamo
- vocative of mama
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmamo/ [ˈma.mo]
- Rhymes: -amo
- Syllabification: ma‧mo
Verb
mamo
- first-person singular present indicative of mamar
West Makian
Etymology
If related to mamu (“mother”), then compare Ternate tuguhera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.mo/
Noun
mamo
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
Yanomam
Etymology
Noun
mamo (clitic meronym; singulative mamo, dual mamokipë, definite plural mamokɨ, indefinite plural mamopë)
References
- Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure[2], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 116
Yanomamö
Etymology
Noun
mamo (plural mamoku)
References
- Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ[3] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN