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mo

1. (international standards,obsolete)FormerISO 639-1language codeforMoldovan.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/məʊ/
• (US)enPR:mō,IPA^(key):/moʊ/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-əʊ

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishmo,fromOld Englishmā,fromProto-Germanic*maiz,from a comparative form ofProto-Indo-European*meh₂-.Cognate withSwedishmer,Danishmer;and withIrishmó,Albanianmë.See alsomore,most.

Adverb

mo(notcomparable)

1. (obsolete)To a greater degree.
   • 1564February,Erasmus,“The Saiynges ofAristippus”,in Nicolas Udall [i.e.,Nicholas Udall], transl.,Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges,[…],London:[…]Ihon Kingston,→OCLC,book I,folio 43, verso,paragraph 42:

     When he had ſaied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nombermo:[…]

2. (nowdialectal)Further,longer.

Adjective

mo(notcomparable)

1. (archaic,dialectal)Greaterin amount, quantity, or number(of discrete objects, as opposed tomore,which was applied to substances)
   • c.1380,William Langland,Piers Plowman:

     With that ran there a route of ratones at ones,
     And smale mys myd hem,mothen a thousande

   • 1526,[William Tyndale,transl.],The Newe Testamẽt[…](Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany:Peter Schöffer],→OCLC,Matthewxxij:

     Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym enymooquestions.

Etymology 2

Noun

mo(pluralmos)

1. Abbreviationofmonth.

   Alternative forms:m,mo.

Etymology 3

Noun

mo(uncountable)

1. (colloquial)Clipping ofmoment.

   Hang on amo!

Etymology 4

Clippingofhomo,itself a short form ofhomosexual.

Noun

mo(pluralmos)

1. (slang)Ahomosexual.

Etymology 5

Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Comparefo'(“for; four”),ho(“whore”).

Adjective

mo(notcomparable)

2. (dialectal,African-American Vernacular)Alternative form ofmo'(“more”)

   Yo, you gotmochips?

   • 1997,“Mo Money Mo Problems”,inLife After Death,performed byThe Notorious B.I.G.ft. Ma$e and Diddy:

     I guess this meanmomoney,moproblems for you?

Etymology 6

Short formoustache.

Noun

mo(pluralmos)

1. (Australia,New Zealand,colloquial)Amoustache.

Etymology 7

Clipping.

Noun

mo(pluralmos)

1. (prisonslang)Amolester.
   • 2018,James Kühnel,Carceration State:

     The Idaho prison is full ofcho-mos(child molesters),mos(molesters), and all types of sexual predators that have engaged in some type of abnormal sexual acts.

Related terms

• chomo

Etymology 8

Clipping.

Noun

mo(pluralmos)

1. (slang)Amoron.
   • 1997,“Detox”, inCity,performed byStrapping Young Lad:

     Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!

Etymology 9

Frommil,by analogy withdoandgro.

Numeral

mo

1. Thecardinal numberoccurring afterelgroeldoel(↋↋↋) and before moone(1001) in aduodecimalsystem. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.

See also

• do,gro

See also

• ang mo
• big mo
• eeny-meeny-miney-mo
• fast-mo
• half a mo
• ke-mo sah-bee
• mo-cap
• mo-cap
• mo-di
• mo-mo
• mo-ped
• mo qua
• mo shu
• po-mo
• slo-mo

Anagrams

• O&M,O.M.,OM,om

Abinomn

Noun

mo

1. (anatomy)stomach

Adangme

Pronoun

mo

1. you

   I suɔmo.

   I love you.

Akan

Pronoun

mo

1. ye,you(plural)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mos

Etymology

FromProto-Albanian*mē,fromProto-Indo-European*meh₁(a prohibitive particle).

Particle

mo(masculine adjectivalimo,feminine singularemo,masculine pluraltëmo,feminine pluraltëmoa)

1. don't

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• ma,mà,Maa,Mann,Mànn

Etymology

FromMiddle High Germanman,fromOld High Germanman,fromProto-Germanic*mann-.Cognate withGermanMann,Dutchman,Englishman,Icelandicmaður,Swedishman,Gothic𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰(manna).

Noun

mom(Carcoforo)

1. man
2. husband

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013)Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter[Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Amanab

Noun

mo

1. speech,language,word

Angguruk Yali

Noun

mo

1. mountain

References

• Christiaan Fahner,The morphology of Yali and Dani(1979), page 157

Antillean Creole

Etymology

FromFrenchmot(“word”).

Noun

mo

1. word

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mo/ [mo]

Adjective

mo

1. second person singular possessive adjective;your

Dongxiang

Etymology

FromProto-Mongolic*mör(“trail,path”),compareMongolianмөр(mör,“road, path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mo/

Noun

mo

1. road,path

   nie fade bi zhinmojiere yawuzhi saozhi wo.

   one time I was walking on theroad.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key):[mo]
• Hyphenation: mo

Noun

mo(accusative singularmo-on,pluralmo-oj,accusative pluralmo-ojn)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterM/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

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[mʊ]

Contraction

mo(pluralmos,feminine singularma,feminine pluralmas)

1. Contraction ofmeo.

   Damo!―Giveit to me!

Haitian Creole

Etymology

FromFrenchmot(“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mo/

Noun

mo

1. word

Irish

Alternative forms

• m’(used before vowel sounds)

Etymology

FromOld Irishmo,mu;see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mˠə/
• (Munster,also)IPA^(key):/mˠɔ/
• (Ulster,also)IPA^(key):/mˠa/

Determiner

mo(triggerslenition)

1. my

   mobhád―my boat

   momháthair―my mother

2. me(direct object pronoun before verbal noun)

   Tá sé agmobhualadh―He is hitting me

See also

Irish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Singular	First	mé (mise)		moL m'before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	doL d'before vowel sounds
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	aL
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	aH
	Third neuter	—	ea	—
Plural	First	muid,sinn (muidne,muide), (sinne)		árE
	Second	sibh (sibhse)1		bhurE
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	aE

^LTriggerslenition^ETriggerseclipsis^HTriggersh-prothesis

¹Also used as thevocative

Thereflexiveis formed by addingféinto the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" =mé féin,"yourselves" =sibh féin.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall(1977) “mo”,inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla,Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás(1959) “mo”,inEnglish-Irish Dictionary,An Gúm
• “mo”,inNew English-Irish Dictionary,Foras na Gaeilge,2013-2024

Italian

Alternative forms

• mo'
• mó(rare)
• mò(misspelling)

Etymology

FromLatinmox(“soon”)orLatinmodo(“recently, just now”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmo/^*
• Rhymes:-o
• Hyphenation:mó

Adverb

mo(central-southernItaly orarchaic)

1. present.now

   Synonyms:ora,adesso

   Emoche voi?

   What do you wantnow?

   Moso' cazzi tua.

   It's your businessnow.

2. near future.soon,in amoment

   Synonyms:subito,trapoco

   E n'attimo!Molo faccio!

   Wait a second! I'll do itin a moment!

   Aspetta!Moarivo!

   Wait! I'm coming!

   Mote faccio vedé.

   I'llshow you.

3. near past.recently,just now

   Synonyms:appena,pocofa

   Ce so' statomo.

   I've been therejust now.

4. (originallyironic)Seeda mo.
5. (repeated)Seemo mo.

Further reading

• moin Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• moinLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

mo

1. Thehiraganasyllableも(mo)or thekatakanasyllableモ(mo)inHepburnromanization.

Kalasha

Etymology

FromSanskritमा(mā́),fromProto-Indo-European*meh₁(prohibitive particle).Cognate withHindiमत(mat),Persianمـ(ma-),Albanianmo.

Particle

mo

1. donot,don't(prohibitive particle)

Kapampangan

Etymology

Frommu+‎ya.Compare Japaneseも(mo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈman/ [ˈmän]

Adverb

mo

1. although;even if;even though

   Synonyms:agyang,man

2. also;no matter what

   Synonyms:din,pati,agyaman

Derived terms

• makanitamo
• sakali pamo
• nanumo
• ninumo
• namo

Latin

Reverse of a silverpennyofÆthelstanofEnglandwith the inscription REGNALD MO EFORƿIC ( "Regnald Moneyer at York" )

Noun

mo

1. (Medieval Latin,historical)Abbreviationofmonētārius(moneyer,minter)in its various forms.

Lolopo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[mo³³]

Etymology 1

FromProto-Loloish*C-ma³(Bradley), fromProto-Sino-Tibetan.Cognate withBurmese-မ(-ma.).

Suffix

mo

1. (Yao'an)female

See also

• por
• bol

Etymology 2

FromProto-Loloish*ma¹(Bradley). Cognate withNuosuꂷ(ma),Naximeel.

Noun

mo

1. (Yao'an)bamboo

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.Particularly: “Probably inherited from French" moi/mon ".” )

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mo/
• Rhymes:-o
• Homophone:mô

Pronoun

mo(first person singular,pluralnouzòt,nou,no,objectivemò,possessive determinermô,possessive pronounmokin,mochin)

1. I(first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)

   Moté manké twa.

   Imissed you.

Derived terms

• (prevocalic)m'

Mandarin

Romanization

mo(mo⁵／mo⁰,Zhuyin˙ㄇㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofMa／Ma,Ma／Ma,Ma,Ma

mo

1. Nonstandardspelling ofmō.
2. Nonstandardspelling ofmó.
3. Nonstandardspelling ofmǒ.
4. Nonstandardspelling ofmò.

Usage notes

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

Matlatzinca

Noun

mo

1. foot

References

• Roberto Escalante Hernández, Marciano Hernández,Matlatzinca de San Francisco Oxtotilpan, Estado de México(1999)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

FromFrenchmoi(“me”).

Pronoun

mo(objectivemwa)

1. I(first-person singular nominative personal pronoun)

See also

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			mo mwa(objective)	nou
2nd person			to(informal),ou(formal) twa(objective)	zot
3rd person			li	zot,bann-la

Etymology 2

FromFrenchmot(“word”).

Noun

mo

1. word

Alternative spelling: mot.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ma,moe

Etymology

FromOld Englishmā,fromProto-Germanic*maiz,from a comparative form ofProto-Indo-European*meh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mɔː/
• Rhymes:-ɔː

Adjective

mo

1. morenumerous;largerinamount
2. greaterinquantityorintensity
3. additional,further,other(persons or things in addition to those mentioned)
4. higherinsocial status

Adverb

mo

1. to agreaterdegree;more
2. longer,again,any more
3. besides,also,further,else

Derived terms

• most
• no mo

Descendants

• English:mo

References

• “mō,adj..”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
• “mō,adv..”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Norman

Etymology

FromLatinmollis.

Adjective

mom

1. (Jersey)soft

Derived terms

• molle hèrbe(“creeping soft grass; Yorkshire fog”)
• mollement(“softly”)

Northern Sami

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino)IPA^(key):/ˈmoː/

Adverb

mō

1. 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 nounmoe.

Adjective

mo(neuter singularmoormott,definite singular and pluralmoormoe)

1. close,sultry

Etymology 2

FromOld Norsemoðr.

Alternative forms

• mod

Adjective

mo(neuter singularmo,definite singular and pluralmoormoe)

1. tired,weary

Etymology 3

FromOld Norsemór(“moor”).

Noun

mom(definite singularmoen,indefinite pluralmoer,definite pluralmoene)

1. moor,heath
2. (military)drill ground

Etymology 4

FromOld Norsemoð.

Noun

mon(definite singularmoet,indefinite pluralmo,definite pluralmoaormoene)

1. dust(e.g. sawdust)
2. chaff(e.g. from hay)

References

• “mo”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

FromOld Norsemór(“moor”),fromProto-Germanic*mōraz.

Noun

mom(definite singularmoen,indefinite pluralmoar,definite pluralmoane)

1. moor,heath
2. (military)drill ground

Etymology 2

Perhaps from the nounmoem.

Adjective

mo(neuter singularmoormott,definite singular and pluralmoormoe)

1. close,sultry

Etymology 3

FromOld Norsemóðr,fromProto-Germanic*mōdaz.

Alternative forms

• mod(alternative spelling)

Adjective

mo(neuter singularmo,definite singular and pluralmoormoe)

1. tired,weary

Etymology 4

FromOld Norsemoð.

Alternative forms

• mò(alternative spelling)

Noun

mon(definite singularmoet,indefinite pluralmo,definite pluralmoa)

1. dust(e.g. sawdust)
2. chaff(e.g. from hay)

Etymology 5

FromGerman,originallymoder.

Adverb

mo

1. Used as an intensifier about loneliness

   Synonym:mutters

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

mo

1. imperativeofmoa

References

• “mo”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• mò,Mo,om,óm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• mu
• m’(used before vowel sounds)

Etymology

FromProto-Celtic*mene,fromProto-Indo-European*h₁mene,genitive of*éǵh₂.The Goidelic forms came from*menebeing remodelled into*moweby analogy with*towe(“your”)(whencedo(“your”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[mo]

Determiner

mo(triggers lenition)

1. my
   • c.800,Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus(reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.10^d23

     Mad ar lóg pridcha-sa,.i. arm’étiuthetmothoschith, ním·bia fochricc dar hésimoprecepte.

     If I preach for pay, that is, formyclothing andmysustenance, I shall not have a reward formyteaching.

   • c.800–825,Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus(reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73^d1

     Fu·lilsain-se.i. matismunámait duda·gnetis ⁊ maniptismuchara⟨i⟩t duda·gnetis.

     I would have endured, i.e. if it had beenmyenemies who did them and if it had not beenmyfriends who did them.

Descendants

• Irish:mo
• Scottish Gaelic:mo
• Manx:my

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mo”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Occitan

Pronoun

mom(femininema,masculine pluralmos)

1. my(possessive; belong to 'me')

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mu/

• Hyphenation:mo

Contraction

mo(femininema)

1. Contraction ofmeo(“him/it to me”).

Réunion Creole French

Etymology

FromFrenchmot(“word”).

Noun

mo

1. word

Samoan

Preposition

mo

1. for

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

FromOld Irishmo.Cognates includeIrishmo.

Determiner

mo(triggers lenition)

1. my

See also

Scottish Gaelic possessive determiners

	Singular		Plural
	+C	+V	+C	+V
First person	moL	m'	ar	arN
Second person	doL	d'	ur	urN
Third personm	aL	—	an,am1)	an
Third personf	a	aH
LTriggers lenition;HTriggers H-prothesis;NTriggers eclipsis;1)Used beforeb-,f-,m-orp-

References

• “mo”inR. A. Armstrong,A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts,London, 1825,→OCLC.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio(Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-mo

1. presentstem of-wamo(“to be (inside there)”)

   wamo―theyare inside

See also

• -mo:verbal affix
• -wapo(“to be (at a definite place)”)
• -wako(“to be (at an indefinite place)”)

Swedish

Noun

moc

1. sandysoil
2. asandyfield, amoor,aheath

Declension

Declension ofmo
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mo	mon	moar	moarna
Genitive	mos	mons	moars	moarnas

Derived terms

• mosnäppa
• pinnmo
• morot

Anagrams

• om

Tagalog

Etymology

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*-mu(2sg. possessor and agent of passive verb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/mo/[mo]
• Rhymes:-o
• Syllabification:mo

Adjective

mo(Baybayin spellingᜋᜓ)

1. second person singular possessive adjective;your

See also

Tagalog personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)
First	singular	ako	ko	akin
	dual*	kita,kata	nita,nata,ta	kanita,kanata,ata
	plural inclusive	tayo	natin	atin
	plural exclusive	kami	namin	amin
First & Second	singular	kita**
Second	singular	ikaw,ka	mo	iyo
	plural	kayo,kamo	ninyo,niyo	inyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kaniya
	plural	sila	nila	kanila
* First person dual pronouns are not commonly used. ** Replaces "ko ikaw".

Tuvaluan

Preposition

mo

1. for

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[mɔ˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[mɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[mɔ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Noun

mo•(𥷺,𧄲)

1. spatheof thearecatree

Etymology 2

Noun

mo•(Mô)

1. shaman

Welsh

Etymology

Reduced form ofddimo(“not of, nothing of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mɔ/

Particle

mo(causes soft mutation)

1. (colloquial)negative particle used when immediately preceding the definite article or a definite noun phrase

   Fwytais imo'r moron.―I didn'teat the carrots.

   Wela imo'r ffilm 'na.―I willnotsee that film.

   Chlywoch chimoOwain.―You didn'thear Owain.

   Leician nhwmowraig y dyn.―They wouldn'tlike the man's wife.

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,mohas personal forms the same as the prepositiono:

Personal forms (literary & colloquial)

	Singular	Plural
First person	mohono	mohonon
Second person	mohonot	mohonoch
Third person	mohonom mohonif	mohonyn

See also

• dim,ddim(negative particle used in all other situations)

Mutation

Does not mutate.

West Makian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mo/

Verb

mo

1. (transitive)toswallow
2. (transitive)toslurpup,tosuckup

Conjugation

Conjugation ofmo(action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tomo	momo	amo
2nd person		nomo	fomo
3rd person	inanimate	imo	domo
	animate
imperative		nomo,mo	fomo,mo

Etymology 2

For the semantic development of the interjection, compareSpanishya(“already; come on!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mo/

Adverb

mo

1. Alternative form ofomo(“already”)

Interjection

mo

1. come!
2. come on!

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mo/

Verb

mo

1. (stative)alternative form ofmu(“ripe”)

Conjugation

Conjugation ofmo(stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		timo	mimo	amo
2nd person		nimo	fimo
3rd person	inanimate	imo	dimo
	animate	mamo
imperative		—,mo	—,mo

References

• James Collins (1982)Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[2],Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982)The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3],Pacific linguistics

Yao

Yao cardinal numbers

< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal:mo

Etymology

Cognates includeSwahilimoja.

Numeral

mo

1. one

Usage notes

This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g.libweta limo(one box). See theYao languagearticle on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• mi(used in a negative sentence, or generally in some dialects)
• n(used in negative or future sentences, or withkí)

Pronoun

mo

1. I(first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi/n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ/ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs]/ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except foryín,object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn