damo
See also: damò and dàmò
Esperanto
Etymology
From Italian/Polish/Portuguese/Spanish dama, French dame, from Latin domina, from domus (“house”) (compare domo), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from *dem- (“to build”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdamo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -amo
- Hyphenation: da‧mo
Noun
damo (accusative singular damon, plural damoj, accusative plural damojn)
- (chess, card games) queen
- 1908, Vallienne, Henri, Ĉu li?, ch. 3:
- La junulo miksis la kartojn kaj prenis unu el ili. Ĝi estis la kera damo.
- The youth shuffled the cards and drew one of them. It was the queen of hearts.
- 1910, Kearney (translator), E. L., La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis, ch. 11:
- La Kera Damo bakis tortojn / En iu somertago!
- The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, / All on a summer day.
-
- (checkers) king
- (title) Dame, Lady
Related terms
- madamo
- madono
Gallery
blanka damo
la kera damo
See also
| Chess pieces in Esperanto · ŝakpecoj (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |
| reĝo | damo, reĝino | turo | kuriero | ĉevalo | peono |
| Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| aso | duo | trio | kvaro | kvino | seso | sepo |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| oko | naŭo | deko | fanto, bubo | damo | reĝo | ĵokero |
Hiligaynon
Verb
dámò
- increase, multiply
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto damo, English dame, French dame, German Dame, Italian dama, Russian дама (dama), Spanish dama, all ultimately from Latin domina, feminine of dominus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.mo/, /ˈda.mɔ/
Noun
damo (plural dami)
- married
- widowed woman
- lady, dame
- (card games) queen
- (chess) queen
Synonyms
- siorino
Derived terms
- dami (“draughts, checkers”)
- piquodamo (“queen of spades”)
- damopeco / damostono (“men, kings”)
- damoplanko (“draughtboard, checkerboard”)
See also
| Chess pieces in Ido · shakfiguri (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | |
| rejo | damo | turmo | episkopo | kavalo | piono |
| Playing cards in Ido · ludokarti (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | |
| aso | duo | trio | quaro | kino | siso | sepo |
| | | | | | |
| oko | nono | deko | pajo | damo | rejo | jokmentiemo |
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.mo/
- Rhymes: -amo
- Hyphenation: dà‧mo
Verb
damo
- first-person singular present indicative of damare
Anagrams
- Madò, doma, moda
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdamo]
Noun
damo f
- vocative singular of damă
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ramo – dialectal, Teresa-Morong
Etymology
Sense 4, semantic loan from English weed.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧mo
- (standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈmo/, [dɐˈmo]
- (Teresa-Morong) IPA(key): /ɾaˈmo/, [ɾɐˈmo]
Noun
damó (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜓ)
- grass
- weed; unwanted plants
- herb (especially medicinal)
- (slang) cannabis; marijuana
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuwana
- 1995, The Diliman Review
- Malakas pa rin daw gumamit ng damo at ang balita, natuto na ring mag shabu. Pinamanahan daw ng ama ng dala wang ektaryang lupa ngunit ibinenta niya ito. Palaboy laboy na lang daw siya ngayon.
- (Batangas) scattered garbage of peelings, shavings, etc.
Derived terms
- ahas sa damo
- baboy-ramo
- damong-balang
- damong-Bermuda
- damong-bingkalat
- damong-dagat
- damong-gamot
- damong-ilalim
- damong-imelda
- damong-kambing
- damong-ligaw
- damong-mabaho
- damong-makahiya
- damong-marya
- damong-pailaya
- damong-palyas
- damong-sambali
- damong-tulisan
- damuhan
- madamo
- magdadamo
- magdamo
- masamang damo
- omad
- tuyong damo
- uhay ng damo
See also
- sakate
Further reading
- “damo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018