Definitions and meaning of mo
mo
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /məʊ/
- (US) enPR: mō, IPA(key): /moʊ/
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- Rhymes: -əʊ
Etymology 1
From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most.
Adverb
mo (not comparable)
- (obsolete) to a greater degree
- (now dialectal) further, longer
Adjective
mo (not comparable)
- (archaic, dialectal) Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances)
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXII:
- Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions.
- c. 1380, William Langland, Piers Plowman
- With that ran there a route of ratones at ones,
- And smale mys myd hem, mo then a thousande
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of month.
Noun
mo (plural mos)
- (abbreviation) month
Etymology 3
Clipping of moment.
Noun
mo (uncountable)
- (colloquial) moment
Etymology 4
Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.
Noun
mo (plural mos)
- (slang) a homosexual
Etymology 5
Pronunciation spelling of more. as pronounced in non-rhotic dialects, notably African American Vernacular English. Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
Alternative forms
Adjective
mo (not comparable)
- (dialectal, African-American Vernacular) more
- 1997, Notorious B.I.G., Mo Money Mo Problems
Etymology 6
Short for moustache.
Noun
mo (plural mos)
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A moustache
Etymology 7
Clipping.
Noun
mo (plural mos)
- (prison slang) A molester.
- 2018, James Kühnel, Carceration State
- The Idaho prison is full of cho-mos (child molesters), mos (molesters), and all types of sexual predators that have engaged in some type of abnormal sexual acts.
Related terms
Etymology 8
From mil, by analogy with do and gro.
Numeral
mo
- The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.
See also
Anagrams
Abinomn
Noun
mo
- (anatomy) stomach
Adangme
Pronoun
mo
- you
Akan
Pronoun
mo
- ye, you (plural)
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *mē, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (a prohibitive particle).
Particle
mo (masculine adjectival i mo, feminine singular e mo, masculine plural të mo, feminine plural të moa)
- don't
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).
Noun
mo m (Carcoforo)
- man
- husband
References
- “mo” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Amanab
Noun
mo
- speech, language, word
Angguruk Yali
Noun
mo
- mountain
References
- Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 157
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French mot (“word”).
Noun
mo
- word
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Adjective
mo
- second person singular possessive adjective; your
Dongxiang
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *mör (“trail, path”), compare Mongolian мөр (mör, “road, path”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mo
- road, path
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo/
- Hyphenation: mo
Noun
mo (accusative singular mo-on, plural mo-oj, accusative plural mo-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter M.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French mot (“word”).
Noun
mo
- word
Irish
Alternative forms
- m’ (used before vowel sounds)
Etymology
From Old Irish mo, mu, from Proto-Celtic *moy, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)moy, clitic oblique case of *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
Determiner
mo (triggers lenition)
- my
- me (direct object pronoun before verbal noun)
See also
Further reading
- "mo" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “mo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Adverb
mo
- Alternative spelling of mo'
Japanese
Romanization
mo
- Rōmaji transcription of も
- Rōmaji transcription of モ
Kalasha
Etymology
From Sanskrit मा (mā́), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle). Cognate with Hindi मत (mat), Persian مـ (ma-), Albanian mo.
Particle
mo
- do not, don't (prohibitive particle)
Lolopo
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Burmese -မ (-ma.).
Suffix
mo
- (Yao'an) female
See also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Loloish *ma¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꂷ (ma), Naxi meel.
Noun
mo
- (Yao'an) bamboo
Mandarin
Romanization
mo
- Nonstandard spelling of mō.
- Nonstandard spelling of mó.
- Nonstandard spelling of mǒ.
- Nonstandard spelling of mò.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Matlatzinca
Noun
mo
- foot
References
- Roberto Escalante Hernández, Marciano Hernández, Matlatzinca de San Francisco Oxtotilpan, Estado de México (1999)
Mauritian Creole
Etymology 1
From French moi (“me”).
Pronoun
mo (objective mwa)
- I (first-person singular nominative personal pronoun)
See also
Etymology 2
From French mot (“word”).
Noun
mo
- word
Alternative spelling: mot.
Norman
Etymology
From Latin mollis.
Adjective
mo m
- (Jersey) soft
Derived terms
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmoː/
Adverb
mō
- how
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Believed to be from the noun moe.
Adjective
mo (neuter singular mo or mott, definite singular and plural mo or moe)
- close, sultry
Etymology 2
From Old Norse moðr.
Alternative forms
Adjective
mo (neuter singular mo, definite singular and plural mo or moe)
- tired, weary
Etymology 3
From Old Norse mór (“moor”)
Noun
mo m (definite singular moen, indefinite plural moer, definite plural moene)
- moor, heath
- (military) drill ground
Etymology 4
From Old Norse moð.
Noun
mo n (definite singular moet, indefinite plural mo, definite plural moa or moene)
- dust (e.g. sawdust)
- chaff (e.g. from hay)
References
- “mo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mór (“moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.
Noun
mo m (definite singular moen, indefinite plural moar, definite plural moane)
- moor, heath
- (military) drill ground
Etymology 2
Perhaps from the noun moe m.
Adjective
mo (neuter singular mo or mott, definite singular and plural mo or moe)
- close, sultry
Etymology 3
From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.
Alternative forms
- mod (alternative spelling)
Adjective
mo (neuter singular mo, definite singular and plural mo or moe)
- tired, weary
Etymology 4
From Old Norse moð.
Alternative forms
- mò (alternative spelling)
Noun
mo n (definite singular moet, indefinite plural mo, definite plural moa)
- dust (e.g. sawdust)
- chaff (e.g. from hay)
Etymology 5
From German, originally moder.
Adverb
mo
- Used as an intensifier about loneliness
- Synonym: mutters
Etymology 6
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
mo
- imperative of moa and moe
References
- “mo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- mu
- m’ (used before vowel sounds)
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *moy, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)moy, clitic oblique case of *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
Determiner
mo (triggers lenition)
- my
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d23
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Occitan
Pronoun
mo m (feminine ma, masculine plural mos)
- my (possessive; belong to 'me')
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Contraction
mo
- Contraction of me o.
Réunion Creole French
Etymology
From French mot (“word”).
Noun
mo
- word
Samoan
Preposition
mo
- for
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish mo, mu.
Pronoun
mo
- my, mine
Usage notes
- Lenites the following word.
- mo + baile =
- Takes the form m' before words beginning with a vowel:
Swahili
Pronunciation
Particle
mo
- "inside" locative class suffix, "inside" of a definite place indicator
Inflection
See also
- po: definite place indicator
- ko: indefinite place indicator
Swedish
Noun
mo c
- sandy soil
- a sandy field, a moor, a heath
Declension
Derived terms
Anagrams
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Adjective
mo
- second person singular possessive adjective; your
Tuvaluan
Preposition
mo
- for
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɔ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɔ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mɔ˧˧]
Noun
mo • (𥷺, 𧄲)
- spathe of the areca tree
Welsh
Etymology
Reduced form of ddim o (“not of, nothing of”).
Pronunciation
Particle
mo (causes soft mutation)
- (colloquial) negative particle used when immediately preceding the definite article or a definite noun phrase
Usage notes
Because this form is used only when directly in front of a definite object, it only appears in the (non-periphrastic) preterite, future and conditional tenses.
In front of a pronoun, mo has personal forms the same as the preposition o:
See also
- dim, ddim (negative particle used in all other situations)
Mutation
Does not mutate.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse móðr (“emotion, anger,”) from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, whence also English mood. Influenced by French mode, from Latin modus. In the sense ’anger’ replaced by sinn. For the sense ’method’ compare me n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /múː/, [mɯ́ᵝː] (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -úːð
- (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -úː, -úːð
- (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -úːð, -úːr
Noun
mo n (definite singular mode or moe, plural mo)
- (singular only) Spirit, love of life, optimism.
- Way of behaving, mood.
- Fashion.
- Method.
Related terms
- modd
- moes
- morasam
- missmodd
Yao
Etymology
Cognates include Swahili moja.
Numeral
mo
- one
Usage notes
This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. libweta limo (one box). See the Yao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- mi (used in a negative sentence, or generally in some dialects)
Pronoun
mo
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
Source: wiktionary.org- a moment.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)