mô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mo"

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French mon (“my”). A circumflex was added to the word to differentiate it from mo (“I”) in writing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Homophone: mo

Determiner

mô (feminine mâ, plural mê)

1. (possessive) my

Related terms

• mo
• mò
• mochin
• mokin
• mwin

 

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo/

Noun

mô m or f by sense (uncountable)

1. (as a form of address) Eye dialect spelling of amor.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mow˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mow˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-moː.

Pronoun

mô • (謨, 模)

1. (Central Vietnam) where

   Synonym: đâu

   Mi đi mô về rứa?

   Where did you go?

   Chơ đi mô rồi cũng nhớ về Hà Tĩnh.

   Wherever I go, I always miss my hometown Hà Tĩnh.

Particle

mô • (謨, 模)

1. (Central Vietnam, after a verb) no; not

   Synonym: đâu

   Hắn có biết mô.

   How should he know?

   Tau có ăn mô mà biết.

   I didn't eat it, why would I know how it tastes?

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chi chi mô mô
• đi mô
• khi mô

 

Etymology 2

Noun

mô • (模)

1. mound
2. a tissue (aggregation of cells)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• mấp mô
• mô mềm

 

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese reading of various Chinese characters.

Romanization

mô

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 模
2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 膜
3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蟆 (“frog, toad”)
   • 2005, chapter 17, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):

     […] chiêu Nhất dương chỉ ấy đánh trúng giữa mi tâm y, phá tan Cáp mô công mà y nhiều năm khổ luyện.

     […] that One-Yang Finger strike hit him right between his eyebrows, breaking the Toad Skill he had been practicing for many years.

4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 謨
5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 摹