different between momo vs pomo

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

Adjective

pomo

1. Abbreviation of postmodern.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pomo.

Derived terms

• pomophobe

East Futuna

Etymology

From French pomme.

Noun

pomo

1. (Sigave) apple

   Synonym: (Alo) apo

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, ?ISBN

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French pomme (“apple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pomo/
• Hyphenation: po?mo
• Rhymes: -omo
• Audio:

Noun

pomo (accusative singular pomon, plural pomoj, accusative plural pomojn)

1. apple

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ????????? (pomóš?nik) and shortened.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pomo/, [?po?mo?]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: po?mo

Noun

pomo

1. (colloquial) boss

Declension

Anagrams

• mopo

Ido

Etymology

From Borrowed from Esperanto pomo, French pomme, Italian pomo, from Latin p?mum (“fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.m?/, /?po.mo/

Noun

pomo (plural pomi)

1. apple

Derived terms

Interlingua

Noun

pomo (plural pomos)

1. apple

Italian

Etymology

From Latin p?mum (“fruit”), from p?mus, from Proto-Italic *poomos, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h?po-h?ém-os (“taken off”), from *h?epo (“off”) + *h?em- (“take”).

Noun

pomo m (plural pomi)

1. knob, pommel
2. (rare) apple

   Synonym: mela

3. (by extension) pome, fruit

Related terms

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?po?.mo?/, [?po?mo?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?po.mo/, [?p??m?]

Noun

p?m? n

1. dative/ablative singular of p?mum

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin p?mum (“fruit”).

Noun

pomo m (plural pomos)

1. (botany) pome
2. (figuratively) bosom

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?mum (“fruit”). Cognate with English pome. Also compare English pommel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pomo/, [?po.mo]

Noun

pomo m (plural pomos)

1. (Spain) knob, doorknob, pommel
2. apple tree
3. flask

Related terms

• poma

References

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin p?mum (“fruit”).

Noun

pomo m (plural pomi)

1. apple