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.

• -oma, Amo, Amo., MOA, Oma, moa, oma

mao

1. taro

mao

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

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

• malo

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaʊ̯]

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

1. bad

   Antonym: bo

2. evil; mean

   Antonym: bo

From Old Galician and Old 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

(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.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Inherited from Latin malus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.u/

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

1. bad

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

mao

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

• Moa

mao

1. rock