mợ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mo"
Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Chinese 姆 (OC *məʔ) (B-S) (SV: mỗ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- maternal aunt-in-law, mother's brother's wife
- Lạy cậu lạy mợ / Cho cháu về quê
- We beg uncles and aunts / To let us go back home
- (Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh) paternal aunt-in-law, father's younger brother's wife
- (dialectal, Central Vietnam) mother; mom
Synonyms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]mợ
- (minced oath) Alternative form of mẹ (“fuck”)
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Vietnamese terms borrowed from Old Chinese
- Vietnamese terms derived from Old Chinese
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- Central Vietnamese
- Vietnamese dialectal terms
- Vietnamese interjections
- Vietnamese minced oaths
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- vi:Female
- vi:Parents