See also: Appendix:Variations of "mo"

Japanese

Romanization

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もう

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Compare Estonian maa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɒː/, [ˈmɒː]

Noun

  1. ground
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      mōdõ sōņ jarā pallõ
      to burn down to the ground
      mōstõ ilzõ nustõ
      to pick up from the ground
  2. earth, soil
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      sizzõl stōdõ
      to plant in soil
  3. countryside
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      mōlõ vel um lūnda
      there is still snow out in the country

Declension

Declension of (12)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) mǭd
genitive (genitīv) mǭd
partitive (partitīv) mǭdõ mǭḑi
dative (datīv) mǭn mǭdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) mǭkõks mǭdkõks
illative (illatīv) mǭ’zõ mǭ’ži
inessive (inesīv) mǭsõ mǭši
elative (elatīv) mǭstõ mǭšti
allative (allatīv) mǭlõ
adessive (adesīv) mǭl
ablative (ablatīv) mǭld

Derived terms

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • mononstandard

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Romanization

(mo1, Zhuyin ㄇㄛ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Namuyi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mo˨˨˦]

Noun

  1. grave

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmoː]
  • Hyphenation:

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *moqo. Cognates include Maori mo and Samoan .

Preposition

  1. Marks the intention of an inalienably possessed object; for, about
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

  1. short-legged fat pig

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 236