different between mamo vs mako

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian mamo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?me?m??/

Noun

mamo (plural mamos)

1. Either of two extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Drepanis.
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 421:

     In 1907, when a well-known collector named Alanson Bryan realised that he had shot the last three specimens of black mamos, a species of forest bird that had only been discovered the previous decade, he noted that the news filled him with ‘joy’.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 76:

     The plaintive whistle of the Hawai‘i mamo, a shy bird then found only on Hawai‘i Island, was heard only rarely by the mid-1880s, as cattle ranching and plantations altered the forest canopies where this nectar-loving finch once thrived.

Anagrams

• MoMA, OMAM, ammo, ammo-

Amaimon

Noun

mamo

1. taro

Further reading

• Pat Lillie, Amaimon Organised Phonology Data (2001)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.mo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.mu/

Verb

mamo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of mamar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mamo/
• Hyphenation: ma?mo
• Rhymes: -amo
• Audio:

Noun

mamo (accusative singular mamon, plural mamoj, accusative plural mamojn)

1. (anatomy) breast (female)

Derived terms

Galician

Verb

mamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mamar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto mamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mamo/

Noun

mamo (plural mami)

1. (anatomy) breast

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Akin to mammolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: mà?mo

Noun

mamo m (plural mami)

1. (theater) A comedic character type representing a young boy who is inexperienced and naive, and yet wishes to come off as clever and experienced.

References

• mamo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.m?/

Noun

mamo

1. vocative singular of mama

Portuguese

Verb

mamo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of mamar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mamo/, [?ma.mo]

Verb

mamo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of mamar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori mak? (“shark”), a Southern Maori dialect form of the more standard mang? (“shark”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?ko?/, /?me?ko?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??k??/, /?me?ko?/

Noun

mako (plural makos)

1. mako shark

Anagrams

• Kamo, Moak, Omak, amok, moka

'Are'are

Noun

mako

1. earth

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mako, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *magô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ko/, [?m?ko?]
• Rhymes: -?ko
• Syllabification: ma?ko

Noun

mako

1. (dialectal) belly, stomach

Declension

Synonyms

• maha

Anagrams

• amok, koma, moka

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mako/

Noun

mako m (masc. plural makobii, fem. makoko, fem. plural makobee) (Note: the form after a determiner is mako)

1. pot

Hausa

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Kanuri mág?? (“week”).

Noun

m?k? m (plural m??kwànn? or m?k?-m?k?, possessed form m?kòn)

1. week

   Synonym: sati

Derived terms

• mako mako (“weekly”)

References

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Ingrian

Noun

mako

1. stomach

Nias

Noun

mako (mutated form mako)

1. bowl