damo
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Etymology
From French dame, German Dame, Italian dama, Polish dama, Russian дaмa (dama).
Pronunciation
Noun
damo (accusative singular damon, plural damoj, accusative plural damojn)
- (chess, card games) queen
- 1910, E. L. Kearney (translator), La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis, ch. 11:
- La Kera Damo bakis tortojn / En iu somertago!
- The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, / All on a summer day.
- (checkers) king
- (title) Dame, Lady
Related terms
Gallery
- blanka damo
- la kera damo
See also
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| aso | duo | trio | kvaro | kvino | seso | sepo |
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| oko | naŭo | deko | fanto, bubo | damo | reĝo | ĵokero |
Verb
dámò
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto damo, English dame, French dame, German Dame, Italian dama, Russian дама (dama), Spanish dama, all ultimately from Latin domina, feminine of dominus.
Pronunciation
Noun
damo (plural dami)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- dami (“draughts, checkers”)
- piquodamo (“queen of spades”)
- damopeco / damostono (“men, kings”)
- damoplanko (“draughtboard, checkerboard”)
See also
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Pronunciation
Verb
damo
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Noun
damo f
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Kedah Malay damoh (“filthy”). Sense 4, semantic loan from English weed.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈmo/ [d̪ɐˈmo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: da‧mo
Noun
damó (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜓ)
- grass
- weed; unwanted plants
- herb (especially medicinal)
- (slang) cannabis; marijuana
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuwana
- 1995, The Diliman Review:
- Malakas pa rin daw gumamit ng damo at ang balita, natuto na ring mag shabu. Pinamanahan daw ng ama ng dala wang ektaryang lupa ngunit ibinenta niya ito. Palaboy laboy na lang daw siya ngayon.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Batangas) scattered garbage of peelings, shavings, etc.
Derived terms
- aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo
- ahas sa damo
- baboy-ramo
- damong-balang
- damong-Bermuda
- damong-bingkalat
- damong-dagat
- damong-gamot
- damong-ilalim
- damong-imelda
- damong-kambing
- damong-ligaw
- damong-mabaho
- damong-makahiya
- damong-marya
- damong-pailaya
- damong-palyas
- damong-sambali
- damong-tulisan
- damuhan
- madamo
- magdadamo
- magdamo
- masamang damo
- omad
- tuyong damo
- uhay ng damo
See also
Further reading
- “damo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
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