umo

umo

1. water

• transnewguinea.org, citing both Wilson (1969) and McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970)
• Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (1971), issues 8-9, pages 80-81, using a wordlist furnished by Capell

umo

1. ripe

umo

1. water

• S. P. Méndez, Etnias, lenguas y lugares en el Estado tarasco. Una revisión sobre los habitantes y sus idiomas en el Michoacán prehispánico a partir de la lectura de las delaciones geográficas del siglo xvi (mentions the placename Tlitichuc Umo)

Back-formation from -um-.

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• IPA^(key): [ˈumo]
• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: u‧mo

umo (accusative singular umon, plural umoj, accusative plural umojn)

1. (informal) something for which one does not know or cannot recall the name; a whatchamacallit, thingamabob, doohickey

   Donu al mi tiun umon. ― Give me that thingy.

From Latin humus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.mo/
• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: ù‧mo

umo m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of humus

umō

1. dative/ablative singular of umus

Cognates include Gedeo ኡሞ (umo).

• IPA^(key): /ˈumo/
• Hyphenation: u‧mo

umo m (plural umma f)

1. head
2. title

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “umo”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

umo

1. second-person singular positive degree present of -wamo (“you are (inside there)”)
2. m class_(III)/u class_(XI) positive degree present of -wamo (“it is (inside there)”)

umo

1. (anatomy) tongue