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Louisiana Creole
Etymology
Inherited from French mon (“my”). A circumflex was added to the word to differentiate it from mo (“I”) in writing.
Pronunciation
Determiner
mô (feminine mâ, plural mê)
- (possessive) my
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
mô m or f by sense (uncountable)
- (as a form of address) Eye dialect spelling of amor.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *-moː.
Pronoun
mô • (謨, 模)
- (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)
- (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
Etymology 2
Noun
mô • (模)
- mound
- a tissue (aggregation of cells)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese reading of various Chinese characters.
Romanization
mô
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 模
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 膜
- 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.
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 謨
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 摹