mumo

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

mumò (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. bogeyman

Etymology 2

Undetermined.

Verb

mumo (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. to hit or bump one's mouth against something

Swahili

Verb

mumo

  1. nonstandard form of mmo (“you all are (inside there)”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *muhmuh. Compare Ilocano mukmok, Kapampangan mumu, and Cebuano mumho.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmumo/ [ˈmuː.mo]
  • Rhymes: -umo
  • Syllabification: mu‧mo

Noun

mumo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. particles of cooked rice falling of the plate or table during a meal

Etymology 2

Reduplication of the first syllable of multo (“ghost”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmumoʔ/ [ˈmuː.moʔ]
  • Rhymes: -umoʔ
  • Syllabification: mu‧mo

Noun

mumò (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. bogeyman; a monster causing fear in children's stories
    Synonym: mamaw
  2. (childish) ghost
Alternative forms

Further reading

  • “mumo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*muhmuh”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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