yamo

See also: YAMO

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjamu/ [ˈjɐ.mo]
  • Rhymes: -amu
  • Syllabification: ya‧mo

Etymology 1

Noun

yamo (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜳ)

  1. quantity; volume
    Duwa pulo kay ka yamo.
    In number, they are twenty.
  2. abundance; great amount; great number
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Determiner

yamo (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜳ) (literary)

  1. your (singular)
    Synonym: kanmo

Pronoun

yamo (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜳ) (literary)

  1. yours (singular)
    Synonym: kanmo
  2. to you; by you; of you (singular)
    Synonym: kanmo
See also

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 289

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjamoʔ/ [ˈjaː.moʔ]
  • Rhymes: -amoʔ
  • Syllabification: ya‧mo

Noun

yamò (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜋᜓ)

  1. covetousness; avarice; greed
    Synonyms: kayamuan, imbot, kaimbutan, kasakiman, kakamkaman, karamutan
  2. high vanity; ostentatiousness
    Synonyms: kayamuan, banidad, rangya
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Contraction of bayaan mo (literally “let it be”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjamo/ [ˈjaː.mo]
  • Rhymes: -amo
  • Syllabification: ya‧mo

Interjection

yamo (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜋᜓ)

  1. leave him alone!; let him do what he wants

Further reading

  • “yamo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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