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mamo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian mamo.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?me?m??/
Noun
mamo (plural mamos)
- 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.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 421:
Anagrams
- MoMA, OMAM, ammo, ammo-
Amaimon
Noun
mamo
- 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
- 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)
- (anatomy) breast (female)
Derived terms
Galician
Verb
mamo
- first-person singular present indicative of mamar
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto mamo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mamo/
Noun
mamo (plural mami)
- (anatomy) breast
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
Akin to mammolo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.mo/
- Rhymes: -amo
- Hyphenation: mà?mo
Noun
mamo m (plural mami)
- (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
- vocative singular of mama
Portuguese
Verb
mamo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of mamar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mamo/, [?ma.mo]
Verb
mamo
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of mamar.
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mambo
English
Etymology
From Haitian Creole mambo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).
Pronunciation
- (North America) enPR: ?mäm-b?, IPA(key): /?m?mbo?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mæmb??/
Noun
mambo (countable and uncountable, plural mambos or mamboes)
- A voodoo priestess (in Haiti) [from 20th c.]
- 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 47:
- The mambo next presented a container of water to the cardinal points, then poured libations to the centerpost of the peristyle, the axis along which the spirits were to enter.
- 1995, Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 219:
- The manbo showed her how to take small handfuls of liquid and spread it on her skin always moving in the upward direction.
- 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 47:
- A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]
Alternative forms
- (voodoo priestess) manbo
Derived terms
- horizontal mambo
Translations
Verb
mambo (third-person singular simple present mambos, present participle mamboing, simple past and past participle mamboed)
- (intransitive) To perform this dance.
Translations
See also
- Mambo (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mambo (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- bammo
Czech
Noun
mambo n
- mambo (dance)
Further reading
- mambo in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
French
Etymology
From American & Cuban Spanish mambo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??.bo/
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- mambo (music)
- mambo (dance)
Further reading
- “mambo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From American & Cuban Spanish mambo
Noun
mambo m (invariable)
- mambo (dance and music)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Kimbundu mambu.
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- (Angola, colloquial) thing
- Synonym: coisa
Etymology 2
From American & Cuban Spanish mambo
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- mambo (music)
- mambo (dance)
Spanish
Etymology
From American Spanish, likely from Haitian Creole [Term?], ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”).
Noun
mambo m (plural mambos)
- mambo (music)
- mambo (dance)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
mambo
- plural of jambo
Interjection
mambo
- (colloquial) how are you?
Swedish
Etymology 1
Probably from Haitian Creole mambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mamb?/
- Rhymes: -amb?
Noun
mambo c
- (dance) mambo; a type of Latin American dance
Declension
Etymology 2
Blend of mamma (“mum”) +? sambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (sometimes proscribed) /?mamb?/, /²mam?bu?/
Noun
mambo c
- (somewhat humorous) a person who still lives with their parents
Usage notes
- For notes on the pronunciation, see the usage notes under the entry sambo.
Declension
Related terms
- sambo
- särbo
References
- mambo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mambo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- bomma
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