mo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mo"

Translingual

Symbol

mo

(international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-1 language code for Moldovan.

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /məʊ/
(US) enPR: mō, IPA^(key): /moʊ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most.

Adverb

mo (not comparable)

(obsolete) To a greater degree.
(now dialectal) Further, longer.

Adjective

mo (not comparable)

(archaic, dialectal) Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, 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, mo then a thousande
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], OCLC 762018299, Matthew xxij]:
  Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions.

Noun

mo (plural mos)

Abbreviation of month.

Noun

mo (uncountable)

(colloquial) Clipping of moment.
Hang on a mo!

Etymology 4

Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.

Noun

mo (plural mos)

(slang) A homosexual.

Etymology 5

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

Adjective

mo (not comparable)

(dialectal, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of mo' (“more”)
Yo, you got mo chips?
- 1997, “Mo Money Mo Problems”, in Life After Death, performed by The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Ma$e & Diddy:
  I guess this mean mo money, mo problems for you?

Etymology 6

Short for moustache.

Noun

mo (plural mos)

(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A moustache.

Etymology 7

Clipping.

Noun

mo (plural mos)

(prison slang) A molester.
- 2018, James Kühnel, Carceration State
  The Idaho prison is full of cho-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 (plural mos)

(slang) A moron.
- 1997, “Detox”, in City, performed by Strapping Young Lad:
  Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!

Etymology 9

From mil, by analogy with do and gro.

Numeral

mo

The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.

Anagrams

O&M, O.M., OM, om

Abinomn

Noun

mo

(anatomy) stomach

Adangme

Pronoun

mo

you
I suɔ mo.
I love you.

Akan

Pronoun

mo

ye, you (plural)

Albanian

Alternative forms

mos

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mē, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (a prohibitive particle).

Particle

mo (masculine adjectival i mo, feminine singular e mo, masculine plural të mo, feminine plural të moa)

don't

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

ma, mà, Maa, Mann, Mànn

Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).

Noun

mo m (Carcoforo)

man
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

speech, language, word

Angguruk Yali

Noun

mo

mountain

References

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

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French mot (“word”).

Noun

mo

word

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo/

Adjective

mo

second person singular possessive adjective; your

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *mör (“trail, path”), compare Mongolian мөр (mör, “road, path”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo/, [mʷo]

Noun

mo

road, path
nie fade bi zhin mo jiere yawuzhi saozhi wo.
one time I was walking on the road.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

IPA^(key): [mo]
Hyphenation: mo

Noun

mo (accusative singular mo-on, plural mo-oj, accusative plural mo-ojn)

The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French mot (“word”).

Noun

mo

word

Irish

Alternative forms

m’ (used before vowel sounds)

Etymology

From Old Irish mo, mu, from Proto-Celtic *moy, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)moy, clitic oblique case of *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mˠə/
(Ulster, also) IPA^(key): /mˠa/[1]

Determiner

mo (triggers lenition)

my
mo bhád ― my boat
mo mháthair ― my mother
me (direct object pronoun before verbal noun)
Tá sé ag mo bhualadh ― He is hitting me

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 9

Italian

Adverb

mo

Alternative spelling of mo'

Japanese

Romanization

mo

Rōmaji transcription of も
Rōmaji transcription of モ

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit मा (mā́), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle). Cognate with Hindi मत (mat), Persian ‎ (ma-), Albanian mo.

Particle

mo

do not, don't (prohibitive particle)

Lolopo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mo³³]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Burmese -မ (-ma.).

Suffix

mo

(Yao'an) female

Etymology 2

From Proto-Loloish *ma¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꂷ (ma), Naxi meel.

Noun

mo

(Yao'an) bamboo

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo/

Pronoun

mo (first person singular, plural nouzòt, objective mò, possessive mô)

I.

Coordinate terms

to
li
nou, no, nouzòt
vouzòt, ouzòt, zòt, zo
yé

Related terms

m'

Mandarin

Romanization

mo (mo⁵ / mo⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄛ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麼／么, 麽／么, 么, 庅.

mo

Nonstandard spelling of mō.
Nonstandard spelling of mó.
Nonstandard spelling of mǒ.
Nonstandard spelling of mò.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Matlatzinca

Noun

mo

foot

References

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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French moi (“me”).

Pronoun

mo (objective mwa)

I (first-person singular nominative personal pronoun)

Etymology 2

From French mot (“word”).

Noun

mo

word

Alternative spelling: mot.

Middle English

Alternative forms

ma, moe

Etymology

From Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔː/
Rhymes: -ɔː

Adjective

mo

more numerous; larger in amount
greater in quantity or intensity
additional, further, other (persons or things in addition to those mentioned)
higher in social status

Adverb

mo

to a greater degree; more
longer, again, any more
besides, also, further, else

Derived terms

most
no mo

Descendants

English: mo

References

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

Norman

Etymology

From Latin mollis.

Adjective

mo m

(Jersey) soft

Derived terms

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

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː/

Adverb

mō

how

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Believed to be from the noun moe.

Adjective

mo (neuter singular mo or mott, definite singular and plural mo or moe)

close, sultry

Etymology 2

From Old Norse moðr.

Alternative forms

mod

Adjective

mo (neuter singular mo, definite singular and plural mo or moe)

tired, weary

Etymology 3

From Old Norse mór (“moor”).

Noun

mo m (definite singular moen, indefinite plural moer, definite plural moene)

moor, heath
(military) drill ground

Etymology 4

From Old Norse moð.

Noun

mo n (definite singular moet, indefinite plural mo, definite plural moa or moene)

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

References

“mo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mór (“moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.

Noun

mo m (definite singular moen, indefinite plural moar, definite plural moane)

moor, heath
(military) drill ground

Etymology 2

Perhaps from the noun moe m.

Adjective

mo (neuter singular mo or mott, definite singular and plural mo or moe)

close, sultry

Etymology 3

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.

Alternative forms

mod (alternative spelling)

Adjective

mo (neuter singular mo, definite singular and plural mo or moe)

tired, weary

Etymology 4

From Old Norse moð.

Alternative forms

mò (alternative spelling)

Noun

mo n (definite singular moet, indefinite plural mo, definite plural moa)

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

Etymology 5

From German, originally moder.

Adverb

mo

Used as an intensifier about loneliness
Synonym: mutters

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mo

imperative of moa

References

“mo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

mò, Mo, om, óm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

mu
m’ (used before vowel sounds)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *moy, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)moy, clitic oblique case of *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo/

Determiner

mo (triggers lenition)

my
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus 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. ar m’étiuth et mo thoschith, ním·bia fochricc dar hési mo precepte.
  If I preach for pay, that is, for my clothing and my sustenance, I shall not have a reward for my teaching.

Old Occitan

Pronoun

mo m (feminine ma, masculine plural mos)

my (possessive; belong to 'me')

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu/

Hyphenation: mo

Contraction

mo (feminine ma)

Contraction of me o (“him/it to me”).

Réunion Creole French

Etymology

From French mot (“word”).

Noun

mo

word

Samoan

Preposition

mo

for

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mo. Cognates include Irish mo.

Determiner

mo (triggers lenition)

my

References

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Particle

mo

"inside" locative class suffix, "inside" of a definite place indicator
watu wamo chumbani
the people are inside the room

Inflection

Inflected forms of -mo

Noun class	singular positive	plural positive	singular negative	plural negative
1st-Person	nimo	tumo	simo	hatumo
2nd-Person	umo	mumo	humo	hamumo
M-wa class / 3rd-Person	yumo	wamo	hayumo	hawamo
M-mi class	umo	imo	haumo	haimo
Ma class	limo	yamo	halimo	hayamo
Ki-vi class	kimo	vimo	hakimo	havimo
N class	imo	zimo	haimo	hazimo
U class	umo	umo	haumo	haumo
Pa class	pamo	pamo	hapamo	hapamo
Ku class	kumo	kumo	hakumo	hakumo
Mu class	mumo	mumo	hamumo	hamumo

Swedish

Noun

mo c

sandy soil
a sandy field, a moor, a heath

Declension

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

Derived terms

mosnäppa
pinnmo
morot

Anagrams

om

Tagalog

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo/, [mo]

Adjective

mo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓ)

second person singular possessive adjective; your

Tuvaluan

Preposition

mo

for

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɔ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɔ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɔ˧˧]

Noun

mo • (𥷺, 𧄲)

spathe of the areca tree

Welsh

Etymology

Reduced form of ddim o (“not of, nothing of”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔ/

Particle

mo (causes soft mutation)

(colloquial) negative particle used when immediately preceding the definite article or a definite noun phrase
Fwytais i mo'r moron. ― I didn't eat the carrots.
Wela i mo'r ffilm 'na. ― I will not see that film.
Chlywoch chi mo Owain. ― You didn't hear Owain.
Leician nhw mo wraig y dyn. ― They wouldn't like 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, mo has personal forms the same as the preposition o:

Personal forms

	Singular	Plural
First person	mohono i	mohonon ni
Second person	mohonot ti	mohonoch chi
Third person	mohono fe/fo m mohoni hi f	mohonyn nhw

Mutation

Does not mutate.

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo/

Verb

mo

(transitive) to swallow
(transitive) to slurp up, to suck up

Conjugation

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo/

Adverb

mo

Alternative form of omo (“already”)

Interjection

mo

come!
come on!

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo/

Verb

mo

(stative) alternative form of mu (“ripe”)

Conjugation

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

References

James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse móðr (“emotion, anger,”) from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, whence also English mood. Influenced by French mode, from Latin modus. In the sense ’anger’ replaced by sinn. For the sense ’method’ compare me n.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /múː/, [mɯ́ᵝː] (example of pronunciation)
Rhymes: -úːð
(ð-dropping) Rhymes: -úː, -úːð
(ð-r merger) Rhymes: -úːð, -úːr

Noun

mo n (definite singular mode or moe, plural mo)

(singular only) Spirit, love of life, optimism.
Way of behaving, mood.
han hadd de mode
he had that way
Fashion.
Method.

Related terms

modd
moes
morasam
missmodd

Yao

**Yao cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : mo

Etymology

Cognates include Swahili moja.

Numeral

mo

one

Usage notes

This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. libweta limo (one box). See the Yao language article 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 with kí)

Pronoun

mo

I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

mo

Translingual

Symbol

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

Adjective

Noun

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

Etymology 5

Adjective

Etymology 6

Noun

Etymology 7

Noun

Related terms

Etymology 8

Noun

Etymology 9

Numeral

See also

Anagrams

Abinomn

Noun

Adangme

Pronoun

Akan

Pronoun

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Particle

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

References

Amanab

Noun

Angguruk Yali

Noun

References

Antillean Creole

Etymology

Noun

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Adjective

Dongxiang

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Noun

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Determiner

See also

References

Further reading

Italian

Adverb

Japanese

Romanization

Kalasha

Etymology

Particle

Lolopo

Pronunciation

Etymology 1