imo
See also: IMO, Imo, and -imo
English
Prepositional phrase
imo
- Alternative form of IMO.
Anagrams
- IOM, MOI, Mio, mo'i, moi, omi
Aklanon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.
Pronoun
imo
- you
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- imoha
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔimo/, [ˈʔi.mʊ]
- Hyphenation: i‧mo
Pronoun
imo
- you (2nd person singular preposed ergative form)
- (in the singular) yours
Noun
imo
- (slang, humorous) one's genitalia
Determiner
imo
- (in the singular) your
See also
Cebuano personal pronouns
| Person | Number | Absolute (ang/si) | Ergative (sa/ni) | Ergative (preposed) | Oblique (sa/og) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | Full | Short | Full | Short | Full | Full | Short | |
| First | singular | ako | ko* | nako | ko | ako/akoa | kanako | nako |
| plural inclusive | kita | ta | nato | ta | ato/atoa | kanato | nato | |
| plural exclusive | kami | mi | namo | mo | amo/amoa | kanamo | namo | |
| Second | singular | ikaw | ka | nimo | mo | imo/imoha | kanimo | nimo |
| plural | kamo | ka | ninyo | inyo/inyoha | kaninyo | ninyo | ||
| Third | singular | siya | niya | iya/iyaha | kaniya | niya | ||
| plural | sila | nila | ila/ilaha | kanila | nila | |||
| *Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun. | ||||||||
Italian
FWOTD – 17 January 2016
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.mo/
- Rhymes: -imo
- Hyphenation: ì‧mo
Etymology 1
From Latin īmus, superlative form of īnferus (“low”, “deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.
Adjective
imo (feminine ima, masculine plural imi, feminine plural ime) (obsolete, poetic)
- (literally) located in the lowest or innermost part
- (by extension) low, deep
- Synonym: infero
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Pommi ove 'l sole occide i fiori et l'erba” (Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.143) :
- Ponm' in cielo od in terra od in abisso, ¶ in alto poggio, in valle ima e palustre, ¶ libero spirto, od a' suoi membri affisso; [...]
- Set me in heaven, on earth, or in the depths, ¶ on a high hill, or in a deep marshy vale, ¶ a spirit freed, or imprisoned in its limbs; [...]
- 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “La selva primitiva” (Juvenilia, Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli (1906), p. 109, Libro LVII), vv. 43-44:
- [...] un tremor gelido ¶ per l'ossa ime gli corse; e s'atterrava, ¶ e gemea [...]
- [...] a freezing chill ¶ ran through his deep bones; and he dropped ¶ and wailed [...]
- (figuratively) of a low social status (of people)
- 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, Erasmo Viotti, p.222, Canto IX:
- Miete i vili, e i potenti: e i più sublimi ¶ e più superbi capi adegua agl’imi.
- It breaks vile and mighty alike: and makes the noblest ¶ and proudest leaders one with the lowest.
- 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, Erasmo Viotti, p.222, Canto IX:
- (rare, figuratively) inappropriate, vulgar, uncouth (of things)
Related terms
- inferiore
- infero
- infimo
Etymology 2
From Latin īmum, substantivization of the neuter form of īmus (“lowest”, “deepest”).
Noun
imo m (plural imi)
- (obsolete) bottom; base
- Synonyms: (more common) base, (more common) fondo
- Antonyms: apice, culmine, sommità, vetta
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXIX, p. 430, vv. 37-39:
- Così parlammo infino al loco primo ¶ che dello scoglio l'altra valle mostra, ¶ se più lume vi fosse, tutto ad imo.
- Thus did we speak as far as the first place ¶ upon the crag, which the next valley shows ¶ down to the bottom, if there were more light.
Anagrams
- mio, mio-
Japanese
Romanization
imo
- Rōmaji transcription of いも
Latin
Etymology 1
Variant form.
Adverb
imō (not comparable)
- Alternative form of immō
- c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:
- Quis hoc crederet, ut barbara Getarum lingua Hebraicam quaereret veritatem; et dormitantibus, imo contendentibus Graecis, ipsa Germania Spiritus Sancti eloquia scrutaretur!
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
īmō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īmus
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
īmō n
- dative/ablative singular of īmum (“bottom, base”)
References
- “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Etymology
Regularised form.
Verb
imo
- (proscribed, Caipira) first-person plural future indicative of ir
Umbundu
Noun
imo (i-ova class, plural ovamo)
- belly
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *himo.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈimo/, [ˈimo]
- Rhymes: -imo
- Hyphenation: i‧mo
Noun
imo
- wish, desire
- appetite
Inflection
| Declension of imo (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | imo | imod |
| genitive | imo | imoje, imojõ, imoi |
| partitive | immoa | imoitõ, imoi |
| illative | immo, immosõ | imoje, imojõ, imoisõ |
| inessive | imoz | imoiz |
| elative | imossõ | imoissõ |
| allative | imolõ | imoilõ |
| adessive | imollõ | imoillõ |
| ablative | imoltõ | imoiltõ |
| translative | imossi | imoissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “imo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn