yamo

See also: YAMO

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjamu/ [ˈjɐ.mo]
• Rhymes: -amu
• Syllabification: ya‧mo

Etymology 1

Noun

yamo (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜳ)

1. quantity; volume

   Duwa pulo kay ka yamo.

   In number, they are twenty.

2. abundance; great amount; great number

Derived terms

• mayamo

Etymology 2

Determiner

yamo (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜳ) (literary)

1. your (singular)

   Synonym: kanmo

Pronoun

yamo (Hanunoo spelling ᜬᜫᜳ) (literary)

1. yours (singular)

   Synonym: kanmo

2. to you; by you; of you (singular)

   Synonym: kanmo

See also

• yami

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 289

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjamoʔ/ [ˈjaː.moʔ]
• Rhymes: -amoʔ
• Syllabification: ya‧mo

Noun

yamò (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜋᜓ)

1. covetousness; avarice; greed

   Synonyms: kayamuan, imbot, kaimbutan, kasakiman, kakamkaman, karamutan

2. high vanity; ostentatiousness

   Synonyms: kayamuan, banidad, rangya

Derived terms

• kayamuan
• mayamo

Etymology 2

Contraction of bayaan mo (literally “let it be”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjamo/ [ˈjaː.mo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: ya‧mo

Interjection

yamo (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜋᜓ)

1. leave him alone!; let him do what he wants

Further reading

• “yamo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• Mayo, Amoy, amoy, maoy