different between momo vs mardy

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

English

Etymology

Probably from marred +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??di/
• Rhymes: -??(r)di

Adjective

mardy (comparative mardier, superlative mardiest)

1. (chiefly Lancashire, Yorkshire and Midlands) Sulky or whining.

   He's a mardy child.

2. (chiefly East Midlands) Non-co-operative, bad-tempered or terse in communication.

Usage notes

Used throughout the English Midlands and in some parts of Yorkshire.

Frequently combined with other words forming common phrases such as "mardy bum", "mardy cow" and "mardy bugger" [1]. Sometimes shortened to "mard" particular when used in certain phrases such as "mard arse" or "mard on" (as in "he's got a mard on" to mean he's in a bad mood). Used throughout the East Midlands and some parts of Yorkshire, particularly in Hull and Sheffield. Maungy has the same meaning in most other parts of Yorkshire and east Lancashire, i.e. "he has a maunge on".

Quotations

• 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2

  “I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly.

• 1984 Food, Health, and Identity, Patricia Caplan [2] [1997 edition]

  When our Jonathan’s poorly...he’s mardy, very mardy....

Noun

mardy (plural mardies)

1. (chiefly Yorkshire and Midlands) A sulky, whiny mood; a fit of petulance.
   • 2001, Creating a Safe Place, NCH Children and Families Project [3] [2003 edition]

     Sometimes my mum’s in a mardy and she says she doesn’t care about us — but she does really.

Anagrams

• Madry