momo
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), from Mandarin 饃饃/馍馍 (mómo).
Noun
momo (plural momos or momo)
- A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese.
- 2007 July 1, “Far East of the U.N.”, in New York Times[1]:
- Many dishes show a direct influence of China or India; for example, momos, or Tibetan dumplings, look like Chinese pot-stickers.
- (India, slang, offensive) A person from Northeast India.
- 2017 May 23, Alana Golmei, “Let’s talk about racism”, in Hindustan Times, Delhi:
- Since I come from the North-eastern part of India myself and belong to a minority race, I too have suffered from racism, at least in its milder forms. I’ve been called "chinky", "momo", "chowmein", and more.
- 2021 June 9, “Northeast Indians DISRESPECTED once again with 'momo' slur”, in India Today Northeast:
- Now, it is a well-known fact that many Northeast Indians are derogatorily called 'momos' after the dish by mainland Indians for their round-ish features.
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Etymology 2
Clipping and reduplication of moron.
Noun
momo (plural momos)
- (US, slang, derogatory) A moron.
- 1995, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Casino, spoken by Ace (Robert De Niro):
- The probability on one-four-reel machine is a million and a half to one. On three machines in a row, it's in the billions. It cannot happen… would not happen, you fuckin' momo!
Further reading
- Momo (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “momo n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
- Eric Partridge (2005) “momo”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1310.
Adangme
Adverb
momo
Äiwoo
Verb
momo
- to chew (in order to swallow)
See also
References
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Hopi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
momo (plural momòot)
Derived terms
References
- Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 40
- Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 244
Japanese
Romanization
momo
Kholosi
Etymology
From Sanskrit माम (māma, “uncle”).
Noun
momo m
- (family) maternal uncle
References
- Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx[3], pages 13-36
Maori
Noun
momo
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mo‧mo
Noun
momo m (plural momos)
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain:
- from Vulgar Latin *mōmus, from Ancient Greek Μῶμος (Mômos, “god of satire and mockery”), from μῶμος (mômos);
- from an imitative Proto-Germanic root, whence Dutch mom (“mask”), German Mumme (“mask”) - see mummer.
- from Old French momer (“to wear a mask”), related to momon (“mask”), from an child's word expressing astonishment. Compare English mum.[1]
Cognate to Portuguese momo, Aragonese momo, Catalan mom, French momon (“mask”).
Pronunciation
Noun
momo m (plural momos)
References
Further reading
- “momo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
From apparent reduplication of the first syllable of multo.
Noun
momo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)
- Alternative form of mumo
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