different between mao vs maco

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

Noun

maco (uncountable)

1. An Egyptian cotton once used to make underwear and stockings.

Anagrams

• OAMC, camo, coma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish majo.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.ku/

Adjective

maco (feminine maca, masculine plural macos, feminine plural maques)

1. beautiful, pretty

   Synonym: bonic

2. nice, lovely

   Synonym: agradable

Derived terms

• quemaco

Further reading

• “maco” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “maco” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mat?so/
• Hyphenation: ma?co
• Rhymes: -at?so

Noun

maco (accusative singular macon, plural macoj, accusative plural macojn)

1. matzo, matzah

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mako/, [?ma.ko]

Noun

maco m (plural macos)

1. prison