mao

mao

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Māori.

mao (plural maos)

1. The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

• MoA, Amo., -oma, oma, moa, Oma, MOA, Amo, AOM, AMO

mao

1. taro

mao

1. genitive singular of madu
2. genitive singular of magu

From Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus. Cognate with Portuguese mau and Spanish malo.

• malo

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaʊ̯]

mao (feminine má, masculine plural maos, feminine plural más)

1. bad

   Antonym: bo

2. evil; mean

   Antonym: bo

From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaʊ̯]

mao f (plural maos)

1. Alternative form of man

• “mao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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

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

   Ua mao aʻela ke kaumaha. ― The sadness has ceased.

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

mao

1. a type of fish

• maomao

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1957) “mao”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi‎, 2003

mao

1. Rōmaji transcription of まお

mao

1. Nonstandard spelling of māo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of máo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of mǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of mào.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Inherited from Latin malus.

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈma.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʊ/
• Rhymes: -ao

mao (plural maos, feminine maa, feminine plural maas)

1. bad

• olho mao

• Galician: mao
• Portuguese: mau (see there for further descendants)

mao m (plural maos)

1. a bad person

• m.a.o.
• m a o

mao

1. Initialism of med andra ord (“in other words”).

• Moa

mao

1. rock