mō

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mo"

Japanese

Romanization

mō

1. Rōmaji transcription of もう

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Compare Estonian maa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɒː/

Noun

mō

1. ground
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     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), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     mō sizzõl stōdõ

     to plant in soil

3. countryside
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     mōlõ vel um lūnda

     there is still snow out in the country

Declension

Declension of mō

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	mō	mōd
genitive (genitīv)	mō	mōd
partitive (partitīv)	mōdõ	mōḑi
dative (datīv)	mōn	mōdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	mōkõks	mōdkõks
illative (illatīv)	mōzõ	mōži
inessive (inesīv)	mōs mōsõ	mōši
elative (elatīv)	mōst mōstõ	mōšti
allative (allatīv)	mōlõ	–
adessive (adesīv)	mōl	–
ablative (ablatīv)	mōld	–

Derived terms

• Dēņmō
• Englišmō
• Engõlmō
• Grēkõmō
• Grīekmō
• Itāļmō
• Jūdõmō
• Krīevmō
• Krīevõmō
• Kurmō
• Kurāmō
• Kīnõmō
• Leišmō
• Leišõmō
• Lețmō
• Līvõmō
• mōmīez
• Norvēgmō
• Pațīkmō
• Prantsūzmō
• Prantšmō
• Pūoļmō
• Rumāņmō
• Rūnõmō
• Rūotšmō
• Saksāmō
• Spāņmō
• Sōrmō
• Sūomõmō
• Tirkmō
• Tsībõrmō
• Tukāmō
• Ungārmō
• Vidumō
• Vidūmō
• Vāldakrīevmō
• Ēstimō
• Īrõmō

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• mo — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

mō (mo¹, Zhuyin ㄇㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 摸

Namuyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo˨˨˦]

Noun

mō

1. grave

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoː]
• Hyphenation: mō

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

mō

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

See also

• mā

Etymology 2

Noun

mō

1. short-legged fat pig

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 236