mumo

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Cebuano

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

mumò (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. bogeyman

Etymology 2

Undetermined.

Verb

mumo (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. to hit or bump one's mouth against something

Swahili

Verb

mumo

  1. Nonstandard form of mmo (“you all are (inside there)”).

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *muhmuh. Compare Ilocano mukmok, Kapampangan mumu, and Cebuano mumho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmumo/,
  • Hyphenation: mu‧mo

Noun

mumo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. particles of cooked rice falling of the plate or table during a meal
Related terms

Etymology 2

Apparent reduplication of the first syllable of multo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmumoʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: mu‧mo

Noun

mumò (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. bogeyman; a monster causing fear in children's stories
    Synonym: mamaw
  2. (childish) ghost
Alternative forms

Further reading

  • “mumo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*muhmuh”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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