mao

mao

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Māori.

Wikispecies

mao (plural maos)

1. The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

• MoA, Amo., -oma, oma, moa, Oma, MOA, Amo, AOM, AMO

mao

1. taro

• maw, mu — short forms
• maoy, ma'y, muy — with indefinite subject

From ma- +‎ oo (“yes”), literally “can be said as true; affirmative”. Compare Tausug amu.

• IPA^(key): /maˈʔo/ [mɐˈʔo]
• Hyphenation: ma‧o

maó (Badlit spelling ᜋᜂ)

1. strongly affirms a statement said of the subject; is the one; is what

   Coordinate term: dili

   Siya maoy niadto, dili ako. ― He is the one who went, not me.

   Ang iyang gisulti maoy nakapalagot nako. ― What he said is what angered me.

2. (+ verb with pag- or i-) is the time when (what is mentioned) happens

   pag-adto niya mao sa'y pag-adto nako ― when he went was the time I went too

   1. (+ pa) has just; happening very recently

      mao pa'y pag-adto niya ― he just went a minute ago

mao

1. genitive singular of madu
2. genitive singular of magu

• IPA^(key): /ˈmao/ [ˈmɑ.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: ma‧o

From Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus. Cognate with Portuguese mau and Spanish malo.

• malo

mao (feminine má, masculine plural maos, feminine plural más)

1. bad

   Antonym: bo

2. evil; mean

   Antonym: bo

From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.

mao f (plural maos)

1. alternative form of man

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mao”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *mao (“cease raining”). Cognate with Rarotongan mao, Tahitian mao.

mao

1. to clear up (e.g. of cloudy weather), alleviate
2. to fade (e.g. of the color of cloth)
3. to pass (e.g. of a feeling), go away, cease

   Ua mao aʻela ke kaumaha. ― The sadness has ceased.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mao

1. a type of fish

• maomao

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1957) “mao”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi‎^[1], 2003

mao

1. Rōmaji transcription of まお

mao

1. nonstandard spelling of māo
2. nonstandard spelling of máo
3. nonstandard spelling of mǎo
4. nonstandard spelling of mào

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Inherited from Latin malus.

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈma.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʊ/
• Rhymes: -ao

mao (plural maos, feminine maa, feminine plural maas)

1. bad

• olho mao

• Galician: mao
• Portuguese: mau (see there for further descendants)

mao m (plural maos)

1. a bad person

• m.a.o.
• m a o

mao

1. initialism of med andra ord (“in other words”)

• Moa

mao

1. rock