different between mao vs labret

English

Wikispecies

Noun

mao (plural maos)

1. The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

Anagrams

• -oma, Amo, Amo., MOA, Oma, moa, oma

Angor

Noun

mao

1. taro

Estonian

Noun

mao

1. genitive singular of madu

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mao, from Latin malus.

Alternative forms

• malo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ma??]

Adjective

mao m (feminine singular má, masculine plural maos, feminine plural más)

1. bad

   Antonym: bo

2. evil; mean

   Antonym: bo

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ma??]

Noun

mao f (plural maos)

1. Alternative form of man

References

• “mao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

mao

1. to clear up (e.g. of cloudy weather), alleviate
2. to fade (e.g. of the color of cloth)
3. to pass (e.g. of a feeling), go away, cease

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mao

1. a type of fish

Related terms

• maomao

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1957) , “mao”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In N? Puke Wehewehe ??lelo Hawai?i?^[1], 2003

Japanese

Romanization

mao

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Mandarin

Romanization

mao

1. Nonstandard spelling of m?o.
2. Nonstandard spelling of máo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of m?o.
4. Nonstandard spelling of mào.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Swedish

Phrase

mao

1. Initialism of med andra ord (“in other words”).

Anagrams

• Moa

Yami

Noun

mao

1. rock

English

Etymology

From Latin labrum (“lip”) +? -et; modelled on anklet, bracelet, etc. Sometimes incorrectly assumed to be of French origin. From 1843.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (in anthropology) /?le?b??t/, (in the fashion industry, as pseudo-French) /l??bre?/

Noun

labret (plural labrets)

1. A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip.
   • 1993, Hilary Stewart, Looking at Totem Poles, page 41,

     The labret was an ornament worn in a perforation through the lower lip, In the north, labrets were oval in shape, generally made of wood or stone, times inlaid with small flat pieces of shell or bone. The wearing of a labret signified high rank.

   • 2003, John R. Swanton, Tlingit Myths and Texts, page 115,

     Raven wore a labret at that time set with abalone shell which was formerly very valuable, and it is from him that high-caste people afterward used those.

   • 2007, Margo DeMello, “Labrets”, entry in Encyclopedia of Body Adornment, page 175,

     A labret is a piercing that is attached below the lower lip, above the chin.

     Also known as the “Mao” (because it looks like the mole above Mao Zedong's chin), the jewelry used in the labret is usually a labret stud, which of a metal shaft with a simple round stud protruding from the face; it is attached inside of the lip with a flat piece of backing metal.

Synonyms

• (adornment on the lip): Mao, tongue pillar (informal)

Translations

Anagrams

• Albert, Bartel, Bartle, Tabler, balter, bralet, tabler

German

Pronunciation

Verb

labret

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of labern