different between mojo vs momo

English

Etymology

Probably of Creole origin, cognate with Gullah moco (“witchcraft”), Fula moco'o (“medicine man”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?d?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??d???/
• Rhymes: -??d???

Noun

mojo (countable and uncountable, plural mojos or mojoes)

1. A magic charm or spell.
2. Supernatural skill or luck.
3. (slang) Personal magnetism; charm.
4. (slang) Sex appeal; sex drive.
5. (slang) Illegal drugs.
6. (slang, usually with "wire") A telecopier; a fax machine.

Translations

Anagrams

• JOMO, Jomo, jomo

Japanese

Romanization

mojo

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Lower Sorbian

Determiner

mojo

1. Superseded spelling of mójo.

Spanish

Etymology

From mojar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?moxo/, [?mo.xo]

Noun

mojo m (plural mojos)

1. a type of spicy red sauce from the Canary Islands made from chilli, oil, vinegar, garlic, and cumin

Alternative forms

• moje

Derived terms

• mojito

Verb

mojo

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

Further reading

• “mojo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Venetian

Alternative forms

• mójo

Adjective

mojo m (feminine singular moja, masculine plural moji, feminine plural moje)

1. wet
2. soaked

Related terms

• mojar

English

Etymology

From Tibetan ??????? (mog mog), from Mandarin ????? (mómo).

Noun

momo (plural momos)

1. A type of Tibetan, Ladakhi and Nepali dumpling made with a simple flour and water dough.

Translations

Adangme

Adverb

momo

1. already

Aiwoo

Verb

momo

1. to chew (in order to swallow)

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) , “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

See also

• mabe

Hopi

Etymology

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

Noun

momo (plural momòot)

1. bee

Derived terms

References

• Albert, Roy; Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 40
• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 244

Japanese

Romanization

momo

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (m?ma, “uncle”).

Noun

momo m

1. (family) maternal uncle

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) , “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx?^[2], pages 13-36

Maori

Noun

momo

1. a type, a kind, a species, a breed, a variety, a race, a genre

Further reading

• momo entry at the online M?ori Dictionary

Portuguese

Noun

momo m (plural momos)

1. King Momo (character representing the king of carnival in Latin America)
2. momo

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain:

• from Vulgar Latin *m?mus, from Ancient Greek ????? (Mômos, “god of satire and mockery”), from ????? (mômos);
• from an imitative Proto-Germanic root, whence Dutch mom (“mask”), German Mumme (“mask”) - see mummer.

Cognate to Portuguese momo, Aragonese momo, Catalan mom, French momon (“mask”).

Noun

momo m (plural momos)

1. funny face; silly face

Tagalog

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (mó, “demon”).

Noun

momo

1. monster, ghost