imo

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "imo"

English

Prepositional phrase

imo

  1. Alternative form of IMO.

See also

Anagrams

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

Pronoun

imo

  1. you

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔimo/,
  • Hyphenation: i‧mo

Pronoun

imo

  1. you (2nd person singular preposed ergative form)
  2. (in the singular) yours

Noun

imo

  1. (slang, humorous) one's genitalia

Determiner

imo

  1. (in the singular) your

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns
Person Number Absolute (ang/si) Ergative (sa/ni) Ergative (preposed) Oblique (sa/og)
Length Full Short Full Short Full Full Short
First singular ako ko* nako ko ako/akoa kanako nako
plural inclusive kita ta nato ta ato/atoa kanato nato
plural exclusive kami mi namo mo amo/amoa kanamo namo
Second singular ikaw ka nimo mo imo/imoha kanimo nimo
plural kamo ka ninyo inyo/inyoha kaninyo ninyo
Third singular siya niya iya/iyaha kaniya niya
plural sila nila ila/ilaha kanila nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.


Italian

FWOTD – 17 January 2016

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.mo/
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Hyphenation: ì‧mo

Etymology 1

From Latin īmus, superlative form of īnferus (“low”, “deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.

Adjective

imo (feminine ima, masculine plural imi, feminine plural ime) (obsolete, poetic)

  1. (literal) located in the lowest or innermost part
  2. (by extension) low, deep
    Synonym: infero
    • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Pommi ove 'l sole occide i fiori et l'erba”, in Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini, published 1858, p.143):
      Ponm' in cielo od in terra od in abisso, ¶ in alto poggio, in valle ima e palustre, ¶ libero spirto, od a' suoi membri affisso; [...]
      Set me in heaven, on earth, or in the depths, ¶ on a high hill, or in a deep marshy vale, ¶ a spirit freed, or imprisoned in its limbs;
    • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “La selva primitiva” (Juvenilia, Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli (1906), p. 109, Libro LVII), vv. 43-44:
      [...] un tremor gelido ¶ per l'ossa ime gli corse; e s'atterrava, ¶ e gemea [...]
      a freezing chill ¶ ran through his deep bones; and he dropped ¶ and wailed
  3. (figurative) of a low social status (of people)
    • 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, Erasmo Viotti, p.222, Canto IX:
      Miete i vili, e i potenti: e i più sublimi ¶ e più superbi capi adegua agl’imi.
      It breaks vile and mighty alike: and makes the noblest ¶ and proudest leaders one with the lowest.
  4. (rare, figurative) inappropriate, vulgar, uncouth (of things)
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin īmum, substantivization of the neuter form of īmus (“lowest”, “deepest”).

Noun

imo m (plural imi)

  1. (obsolete) bottom; base
    Synonyms: (more common) base, (more common) fondo
    Antonyms: apice, culmine, sommità, vetta
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXIX, p. 430, vv. 37-39:
      Così parlammo infino al loco primo ¶ che dello scoglio l'altra valle mostra, ¶ se più lume vi fosse, tutto ad imo.
      Thus did we speak as far as the first place ¶ upon the crag, which the next valley shows ¶ down to the bottom, if there were more light.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

imo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いも

Latin

Etymology 1

Variant form.

Adverb

imō (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of immō
    • c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:
      Quis hoc crederet, ut barbara Getarum lingua Hebraicam quaereret veritatem; et dormitantibus, imo contendentibus Graecis, ipsa Germania Spiritus Sancti eloquia scrutaretur!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

īmō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īmus

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

īmō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of īmum (“bottom, base”)

References

  • “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Regularised form.

Verb

imo

  1. (proscribed, Caipira) first-person plural future indicative of ir

Umbundu

Noun

imo (i-ova class, plural ovamo)

  1. belly

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *himo.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈimo/,
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Hyphenation: i‧mo

Noun

imo

  1. wish, desire
  2. appetite

Inflection

Declension of imo (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative imo imod
genitive imo imojõ, imoi
partitive immoa imoitõ, imoi
illative immosõ, immo imoisõ
inessive imoz imoiz
elative imossõ imoissõ
allative imolõ imoilõ
adessive imollõ imoillõ
ablative imoltõ imoiltõ
translative imossi imoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “imo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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