mamo

See also: Mamo and mamó

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian mamo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪməʊ/

Noun

mamo (plural mamos)

1. Either of two extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Drepanis.
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 421:

     In 1907, when a well-known collector named Alanson Bryan realised that he had shot the last three specimens of black mamos, a species of forest bird that had only been discovered the previous decade, he noted that the news filled him with ‘joy’.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 76:

     The plaintive whistle of the Hawai‘i mamo, a shy bird then found only on Hawai‘i Island, was heard only rarely by the mid-1880s, as cattle ranching and plantations altered the forest canopies where this nectar-loving finch once thrived.

Anagrams

• MoMA, OMAM, ammo, ammo-

Amaimon

Noun

mamo

1. taro

Further reading

• Pat Lillie, Amaimon Organised Phonology Data (2001)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈma.mu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈma.mo]

Verb

mamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mamar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamo/

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• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: ma‧mo

Noun

mamo (accusative singular mamon, plural mamoj, accusative plural mamojn)

1. (anatomy) breast (female)

Derived terms

• grandmama (“big-breasted”)
• mamektomio (“mastectomy, mammectomy”)
• mamnutri, mamsuĉigi (“to breastfeed, nurse”)
• mamnutristino (“wet nurse”)
• mampinto (“nipple”)
• mamsuĉi (“to suckle”)
• mamulo (“mammal”)
• mamzono (“bra”)
• nudmama (“bare-breasted, topless”)

Galician

Verb

mamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mamar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto mamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamo/

Noun

mamo (plural mami)

1. (anatomy) breast

Derived terms

• mamala
• mamego
• mameto (“teat”)
• mamiero (“brassiere”)

Italian

Etymology

Akin to mammolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: mà‧mo

Noun

mamo m (plural mami)

1. (theater) a comedic character type representing a young boy who is inexperienced and naive, and yet wishes to come off as clever and experienced

Further reading

• mamo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -ammo, Omma, ammo-

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mɔ/

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• Rhymes: -amɔ
• Syllabification: ma‧mo

Noun

mamo

1. vocative singular of mama

Portuguese

Verb

mamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mamar

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamɔ]

Noun

mamo

1. vocative of mama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamo/ [ˈma.mo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: ma‧mo

Verb

mamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mamar

West Makian

Etymology

If related to mamu (“mother”), then compare Ternate tuguhera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mo/

Noun

mamo

1. thumb

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yanomam

Etymology

Cognate to Yanomamö mamo.

Noun

mamo (clitic meronym; singulative mamo, dual mamokipë, definite plural mamokɨ, indefinite plural mamopë)

1. eye

References

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎, volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 116

Yanomamö

Etymology

Cognate to Yanomam mamo.

Noun

mamo (plural mamoku)

1. eye

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ‎ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN