amo

Etymology

From English Amo.

Symbol

amo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Amo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Amo terms

Etymology

Cognate with Saho amo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmo/ [ʔʌˈmɔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

amó f (plural amoomá f)

1. head
2. intelligence
3. summit, top
4. (collective) hair

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)

Noun

amo

1. monkey

Alternative forms

• among

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Greater Central Proto-Philippine *amúʔ. Compare Cebuano amo (“monkey”), Cuyunon amoy (“small monkey”), Hiligaynon amo (“monkey”), Tagalog amo (“small monkey”) and Tausug amu'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈa.mu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa.mo]

Etymology 1

Back-formation from ama (“mistress”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “amo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Verb

amo

1. to mow

Verb

amo

1. may
2. 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.

Particle

amo

1. alternative spelling of ahmo

Noun

amo

1. father

Etymology

From ami +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: a‧mo

Noun

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

1. 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.

Verb

amo (Forézien, Savoyard)

1. alternative form of amar (“to love”)

References

• amo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Noun

amo ngo (plural amóóji)

1. (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.