amo

See also: AMO, Amo, amó, amò, amö, Amo., and -amo

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʌˈmo/

Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

amó f (plural amoomá f)

head
intelligence
summit, top
(collective) hair

Declension

Declension of amó

absolutive

amó

predicative

amó

subjective

amó

genitive

amó

Postpositioned forms
l-case	amól
k-case	amók
t-case	amót
h-case	amóh

Synonyms

(hair): xágor

Derived terms

(diminutive) amóyta, amoytá

References

E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “amo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asi

Noun

amo

monkey

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

among

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish amo (“master of the house”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧mo
IPA^(key): /ˈʔamo/

Noun

ámo

master; boss
pet owner; caretaker (of an animal)

Derived terms

amohan
mag-amo

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧mo
IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmoʔ/

Noun

amô

(Naga) monkey
Synonyms: kabalang, ukay

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mu/

Etymology 1

Back-formation from ama (“mistress”).

Noun

amo m (plural amos, feminine ama)

owner (of a piece of land or real estate, a business, a dog, etc.)
master

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

first-person singular present indicative form of amar

Chickasaw

Verb

amo

to mow

Chuukese

Verb

amo

may
to let
- 2010, Ewe Kapasen God, United Bible Societies, →ISBN, Könupin 58:7-8, page 775:
  Amo repwe mȯronȯ ussun chok konik mi chok nichino. Amo repwe pachchacheno ussun chok ekkewe fetin won aan. Amo repwe ussun chok ekkewe pwechar sia puriretiw. Amo repwe ussun chok emon mönukon mi mȧ nupwen a uputiw.
  Let them disappear like water leaking. Let them stick like the grass on the ground. Let them be like the snail we step on. Let them be like a newborn who is dead when he is born.

Classical Nahuatl

Particle

amo

Alternative spelling of ahmo

Ese

Noun

amo

father

Esperanto

Etymology

From ami +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈamo]
Audio:
(file)
Rhymes: -amo
Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

amo (accusative singular amon, plural amoj, accusative plural amojn)

love
- Kiu dissemas amon, tiu rikoltos la samon.
  Whoever sows love will harvest the same.
  —Proverb by Morteza Mirbaghian
- Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof, Ĉapitro 2,
  Similaj amoj inter filo kaj patrino ĉe multaj geniuloj estas ofte rimarkeblaj. Pope, Musset, Lamartine adoris la patrinon sian, kaj al ŝi tre multon ŝuldis. Same Zamenhof.
  Similar close relationships (lit. loves) between sons and mothers can often been seen in geniuses. Pope, Musset and Lamartine all adored their mothers and owed much to them. The same was true of Zamenhof.

Related terms

amafero (“love affair”)
amintrigo (“love intrigue, love affair”)
ami (“to love”)
malamo (“hatred”)
memamo, sinamo (“self-love, self-regard, vanity, narcissism”)

Fula

Noun

amo ngo (plural amóóji)

(Pulaar) flood

References

D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.

Galician

Etymology 1

From ama (“mistress”), from Hispanic Late Latin amma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *amma- (“mother”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈamo̝/

Noun

amo m (plural amos)

(archaic) tutor
Synonym: titor
(archaic) steward
Synonym: mordomo
(archaic) landlord
- 1814, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Aos coruñeses:
  En certa aldea traballou o ano pasado certo labrador certa porcion de terra: chegada a recolleita foi a segar, e colleu vinte pares de monllos, deles pagou o señor cura duos pares do desmo, pagou nove o señor amo; logo veu o señor cura, e rapoulle cinco polas toucas, quedaronlle catro, mallounos, e non lle deron un ferrado
  in certain village last year certain farmer farmed certain apportion of land: as the harvest came he went to reap; he collected twenty pairs of sheaves; of them he paid two pairs to the priest for the tithe, nine he paid to the landlord; then the priest came again and snatched five for the ecclesiastical services; he was left with four; he threshed them and obtained less than half a bushel
master
Synonyms: dono, patrón, propietario

Derived terms

amádego

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

first-person singular present indicative of amar

References

“amo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“amo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“amo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“amo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“amo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “ama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔá.móː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.móː]

Noun

amō m (possessed form amon)

sound; noise

Hawaiian

Noun

amo

burden

Verb

amo

(transitive) to carry (on the shoulders)

Hiligaynon

Noun

amo

monkey

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto amo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/

Noun

amo (plural ami)

love

Derived terms

suamo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Riau Malay [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈamo/
Hyphenation: amo

Noun

amo (first-person possessive amoku, second-person possessive amomu, third-person possessive amonya)

white mite in rice husks.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin hāmus. Compare Spanish hamo, French hameçon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/
Rhymes: -amo
Hyphenation: à‧mo

Noun

amo m (plural ami)

hook
(figurative) bait

Derived terms

abboccare all'amo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

first-person singular present indicative of amare

Anagrams

-oma, moa

Karao

Noun

amo

master

Ladino

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

amo m (Latin spelling)

boss, owner

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.moː/, [ˈämoː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/, [ˈäːmo]
Audio (Classical) (file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *amāō, of disputed etymology. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *am-a-, *am- (“mother, aunt”), a lost nursery-word of the papa-type. Compare amita (“aunt”), Old High German amma (“nurse”).

Alternatively, Olav Hackstein and Michiel De Vaan suggest a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to seize, to take hold”) via Proto-Italic *amāō (“to take hold”), applying a semantic shift “to take by the hand” > “to regard as a friend” > “to love, to be fond of”.

Verb

amō (present infinitive amāre, perfect active amāvī, supine amātum); first conjugation

I love
Synonym: dīligō
Antonyms: exsecror, abhorreō, abōminor, dēspuō
- c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria :
  Tū mē amās, egō tē amō; meritō id fierī uterque exīstumat.
  You love me, I love you; and each of us believes it to be well-deserved.
- c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Letters to Lucilius IX.6:
  Sī vīs amārī, amā.
  Love if you wish to be loved.
I am fond of, like, admire
Synonyms: dīligō, probō, approbō, comprobō
Antonyms: improbō, reprobō
I am pleased by or with (someone or something) for (a particular reason); I derive pleasure from...(for...), delight in...(for...)
Synonym: dēlector
- 17 BCE, Horace, Carmen Saeculare :
  ...hīc magnōs potius triumphōs, hīc amēs dīcī pater atque prī̆nceps, neu sinās Mēdōs equitāre inultōs // tē duce, Caesar.
  ...rather, may you delight in these great triumphs, to be called father and the first man (of state), and may you not allow the Medes to ride unpunished while you lead, Caesar.
1. (with sē) I am pleased (with oneself), I am content
(with infinitive) I am accustomed (to), enjoy an activity
Synonyms: assuefio, fruor
I am thankful, grateful to, feel obliged for a service
- c. 185 BCE – 159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, The Eunuch :
  Ō Thāis mea, meum sāvium, quid agitur? Ecquid nōs amās dē fīdīcinā istāc?
  O Thais, my sweetie, what's happening? Are you grateful to us for that harpist?
- ~160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, The Brothers :
  Bene facis, meritō tē amō.
  You're very kind, I'm rightly obliged to you.
- 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum CXXIII, (The phrase raudusculo Numeriano, "Numerius' bit of coin", here refers to a small monetary debt assumedly having been owed by Cicero to Numerius, and paid for Cicero by Atticus):
  Dē raudusculō Numeriānō multum tē amō.
  Regarding Numerius' bit of coin I am very much obliged to you.

Usage notes

The ancient Romans were accustomed to saying "I shall/will love you!" ("te amabo"/"amabo te") in supplication, and "I love you!" ("te amo") when they were expressing gratitude. Latin "amare" has a broader semantic range than English "to love", and so can be a semantically "weaker" or, perhaps, less intense verb. Amare was therefore appropriate for speech etiquette in situations of supplication or the expression of gratitude. Because of the semantic differences between the Latin and English verbs, and especially of the narrower semantic range of English "to love", a literal translation into English will in such cases (involving supplication or gratitude) inevitably appear strange. Accordingly, translators have ever resorted to expressions like "appreciate", "be thankful" and "be obliged" as a workaround, but in such cases the Romans actually meant "love" as they construed that emotion.

Conjugation

Conjugation of amō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	amō	amās	amat	amāmus	amātis	amant
	imperfect	amābam	amābās	amābat	amābāmus	amābātis	amābant
	future	amābō	amābis	amābit	amābimus	amābitis	amābunt
	perfect	amāvī	amāvistī, amāstī²	amāvit, amāt²	amāvimus, amāmus²	amāvistis, amāstis²	amāvērunt, amāvēre, amārunt²
	pluperfect	amāveram, amāram²	amāverās, amārās²	amāverat, amārat²	amāverāmus, amārāmus²	amāverātis, amārātis²	amāverant, amārant²
	future perfect	amāverō, amārō²	amāveris, amāris²	amāverit, amārit²	amāverimus, amārimus²	amāveritis, amāritis²	amāverint, amārint²
	sigmatic future¹	amāssō	amāssis	amāssit	amāssimus	amāssitis	amāssint
passive	present	amor	amāris, amāre	amātur	amāmur	amāminī	amantur
	imperfect	amābar	amābāris, amābāre	amābātur	amābāmur	amābāminī	amābantur
	future	amābor	amāberis, amābere	amābitur	amābimur	amābiminī	amābuntur
	perfect	amātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	amātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	amātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	amem	amēs	amet	amēmus	amētis	ament
	imperfect	amārem	amārēs	amāret	amārēmus	amārētis	amārent
	perfect	amāverim, amārim²	amāverīs, amārīs²	amāverit, amārit²	amāverīmus, amārīmus²	amāverītis, amārītis²	amāverint, amārint²
	pluperfect	amāvissem, amāssem²	amāvissēs, amāssēs²	amāvisset, amāsset²	amāvissēmus, amāssēmus²	amāvissētis, amāssētis²	amāvissent, amāssent²
	sigmatic aorist¹	amāssim	amāssīs	amāssīt	amāssīmus	amāssītis	amāssint
passive	present	amer	amēris, amēre	amētur	amēmur	amēminī	amentur
	imperfect	amārer	amārēris, amārēre	amārētur	amārēmur	amārēminī	amārentur
	perfect	amātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	amātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	amā	—	—	amāte	—
active	future	—	amātō	amātō	—	amātōte	amantō
passive	present	—	amāre	—	—	amāminī	—
passive	future	—	amātor	amātor	—	—	amantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		amāre	amāvisse, amāsse²	amātūrum esse	amārī	amātum esse	amātum īrī
participles		amāns	—	amātūrus	—	amātus	amandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		amandī	amandō	amandum	amandō	amātum	amātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

adamō
amābilis
amābō tē
amāscō
amāsius
amātus
deamō
examō
redamō

Related terms

amāns
amanter
amāta
amātor
amātōriē
amātōrius
amīcē
amīcitia
amīcula
amīcus
amīcus m, amīca f
amor

Descendants

Dalmatian:
- amur
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: amà
- Italian: amare
- Neapolitan: amà
- Sicilian: amari
Padanian:
- Friulian: amâ
- Romansch: amar
- Venetian: amar
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: amar
- Old French: amer, aamer, ameir, amere, aimer, aeimer, asmer, eimer
  - French: aimer
  - Norman: aimer
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: aimar
- Catalan: amar
- Occitan: aimar
Ibero-Romance:
- Mozarabic: امار‎ (amār)
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: amar
  - Extremaduran: amal
  - Leonese: amare
  - Mirandese: amar
- Old Portuguese: amar
  - Galician: amar
  - Portuguese: amar
- Old Spanish:
  - Ladino: amar / אמאר‎
  - Spanish: amar
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: amai (Campidanese), amare (Logudorese)

References

Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart: aliquem toto pectore, ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
- to love deeply: aliquem ex animo or ex animi sententia amare (Q. Fr. 1. 1. 5)

Etymology 2

See hama.

Noun

amō f (genitive amōnis); third declension

medieval spelling of hama

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amō	amōnēs
Genitive	amōnis	amōnum
Dative	amōnī	amōnibus
Accusative	amōnem	amōnēs
Ablative	amōne	amōnibus
Vocative	amō	amōnēs

References

“amo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“amo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
amo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
amo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart: aliquem toto pectore, ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
- to love deeply: aliquem ex animo or ex animi sententia amare (Q. Fr. 1. 1. 5)
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “amo”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 41/2

Maguindanao

Noun

amo

monkey

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hamuk.

Verb

amo

carry (on a litter)
charge, attack

Maquiritari

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [amo]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Cariban *amo.

Alternative forms

(Ye'kwana) amö

Noun

amo (possessed amodü)

(De'kwana dialect) hand

Alternative forms

(Ye'kwana) aamo

Verb

amo

(De'kwana dialect, intransitive, agentive) to cry, to weep

References

Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “amö, aamo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “amo”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
Hall, Katherine (2007), “amō-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
Hall, Katherine (2007), “w-amo-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Ojibwe

Verb

amo (transitive animate, 3s-3' independent form odamwaan, changed conjunct form emwaad, 2s-3 imperative form amo or amwi, reduplicated form ayamo)

eat
Ingii-amwaa wiishkobi-bakwezhigan gii-tibishkaayaan.
I ate cake when I had my birthday.

References

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/amo-vta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mu/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mu
Hyphenation: a‧mo

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese amo, from ama.

Noun

amo m (plural amos)

master
boss

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

first-person singular present indicative of amar

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /âːmo/
Hyphenation: a‧mo

Adverb

ȃmo (Cyrillic spelling а̑мо)

hither, here
this way

Synonyms

ȃmoder, òvāmo, sȉm, sȉmo

Shabo

Verb

amo

(intransitive) to come

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈamo/ [ˈa.mo]
Rhymes: -amo
Syllabification: a‧mo

Etymology 1

Back-formation from ama.

Noun

amo m (plural amos, feminine ama, feminine plural amas)

master (man who owns a slave)
owner, master, keeper (man who owns an animal)

Derived terms

amo de casa
el ojo del amo engorda al caballo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amo

first-person singular present indicative of amar

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Spanish amo (“master of the house”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧mo

IPA^(key): /ˈʔamo/, [ˈʔa.mo]

Noun

amo

master; employer; boss
Synonyms: hepe, panginoon
pet owner; caretaker (of an animal)

Derived terms

mag-amo
pag-aamo-amuhan

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧mo

IPA^(key): /ˈʔamoʔ/, [ˈʔa.moʔ]

Noun

amò

gentleness; docility
tameness (of animals)
supplication; coaxing

Derived terms

amo-amuhin
amuin
kaamuan
maamo
maamong-loob
magmakaamo
magpaamo
mapaamo
paamuin
pag-amo
pagkamaamo
umamo

Etymology 3

From Greater Central Proto-Philippine *amúʔ. Compare Bikol Central amo (“monkey”), Cuyunon amoy (“small monkey”), and Hiligaynon amo (“monkey”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧mo

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmoʔ/, [ʔɐˈmoʔ]

Noun

amô

a type of small monkey
(Marinduque, in general) monkey
Synonyms: unggoy, tsonggo, matsing

Derived terms

alupag-amo

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/

Noun

amo

the breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.mo/

Verb

amo

(stative) to be thick, viscous (of liquids)

Conjugation

Conjugation of amo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toamo	foamo	miamo
2nd	noamo	niamo
3rd	Masculine	oamo	iamo, yoamo^†
Feminine	moamo
Neuter	iamo
† - archaic

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Adverb

amo

Not, negation.

References

Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos, segunda impresión edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, published 1971

Tsou

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amo/

Noun

amo

father

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.mo/

Noun

amo

reason
isapama amo... ― why is it that... (literally, “why is the reason...”)

Conjunction

amo

(subordinating) because, since (literally, "the reason is")
Synonyms: karena, sebap, serta

Noun

amo

the liver

References

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

[1] Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “ama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

amo

Afar

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Asi

Noun

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Chickasaw

Verb

Chuukese

Verb

Classical Nahuatl

Particle

Ese

Noun

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Fula

Noun

References

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

References

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

Hawaiian

Noun

Verb

Hiligaynon

Noun

Ido

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Anagrams

Karao

Noun

Ladino