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amo

amo

See also: amó, amò, amö, Amo., and амо

Afar

Noun

amo

  1. head

Catalan

Noun

amo m ‎(plural amos)

  1. owner (of a piece of land or real estate, a business, etc.)
  2. master

Verb

amo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of amar

Chickasaw

Verb

amo

  1. to mow

Chuukese

Verb

amo

  1. may
  2. to let
    • 2010, Ewe Kapasen God, United Bible Societies, ISBN 9781920714000, Könupin 58:7-8, page 775:
      Amo repwe mȯronȯ ussun chok konik mi chok nichino. Amo repwe pachchacheno ussun chok ekkewe fetin won aan. Amo repwe ussun chok ekkewe pwechar sia puriretiw. Amo repwe ussun chok emon mönukon mi mȧ nupwen a uputiw.
      Let them disappear like water leaking. Let them stick like the grass on the ground. Let them be like the snail we step on. Let them be like a newborn who is dead when he is born.

Classical Nahuatl

Particle

amo

  1. Alternative spelling of ahmo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈamo/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mo
  • Rhymes: -amo

Noun

amo ‎(accusative singular amon, plural amoj, accusative plural amojn)

  1. love

Derived terms

Galician

Verb

amo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amar

Hawaiian

Noun

amo

  1. burden

Verb

amo

  1. (transitive) to carry (on the shoulders)

Ido

Noun

amo (plural ami)

  1. love

Derived terms

  • suamo

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin hāmus.

Noun

amo m ‎(plural ami)

  1. hook

Etymology 2

From Latin amō.

Verb

amo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amare

Ladino

Noun

amo m ‎(Latin spelling)

  1. boss, owner

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *am-a-, *am- ‎(“mother, aunt”), a lost nursery-word of the papa-type. Compare amita ‎(“aunt”), Old High German amma ‎(“nurse”). Alternatively, O. Hackstein suggests Proto-Indo-European *h₂emh₃- ‎(“seize”).

Verb

amō ‎(present infinitive amāre, perfect active amāvī, supine amātum); first conjugation

  1. I love
    • Plautus
      Tu me amas, ego te amo.‎
      You love me, I love you.
    • Seneca Senior
      Si vis amari, ama.‎
      If you wish to be loved, love.
  2. I am fond of, like
  3. I am under obligation to; I am obliged to
  4. (with infinitive) to enjoy, be accustomed
Conjugation

Note: amasti is sometimes used in place of amavisti.

   Conjugation of amo (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present amō amās amat amāmus amātis amant
imperfect amābam amābās amābat amābāmus amābātis amābant
future amābō amābis amābit amābimus amābitis amābunt
perfect amāvī amāvistī amāvit amāvimus amāvistis amāvērunt, amāvēre
pluperfect amāveram amāverās amāverat amāverāmus amāverātis amāverant
future perfect amāverō amāveris amāverit amāverimus amāveritis amāverint
passive present amor amāris, amāre amātur amāmur amāminī amantur
imperfect amābar amābāris, amābāre amābātur amābāmur amābāminī amābantur
future amābor amāberis, amābere amābitur amābimur amābiminī amābuntur
perfect amātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect amātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect amātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present amem amēs amet amēmus amētis ament
imperfect amārem amārēs amāret amārēmus amārētis amārent
perfect amāverim amāverīs amāverit amāverīmus amāverītis amāverint
pluperfect amāvissem amāvissēs amāvisset amāvissēmus amāvissētis amāvissent
passive present amer amēris, amēre amētur amēmur amēminī amentur
imperfect amārer amārēris, amārēre amārētur amārēmur amārēminī amārentur
perfect amātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect amātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — amā — — amāte —
future — amātō amātō — amātōte amantō
passive present — amāre — — amāminī —
future — amātor amātor — — amantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives amāre amāvisse amātūrus esse amārī amātus esse amātum īrī
participles amāns — amātūrus — amātus amandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
amāre amandī amandō amandum amātum amātū
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants

See also

References

  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart: aliquem toto pectore, ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
    • to love deeply: aliquem ex animo or ex animi sententia amare (Q. Fr. 1. 1. 5)

Etymology 2

See hama.

Noun

amō ? ‎(genitive amōnis); third declension

  1. medieval spelling of hama
Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative amō amōnēs
genitive amōnis amōnum
dative amōnī amōnibus
accusative amōnem amōnēs
ablative amōne amōnibus
vocative amō amōnēs

References

Maori

Verb

amo

  1. carry (on a litter)

Maquiritari

Verb

amo

  1. to cry, weep

References

  • Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɐ.mu/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mo
  • Rhymes: -amu

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese amo, from ama.

Noun

amo m (plural amos)

  1. master
  2. boss

Etymology 2

Verb

amo

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of amar

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /âːmo/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mo

Adverb

ȃmo ‎(Cyrillic spelling а̑мо)

  1. hither, here
  2. this way

Synonyms

Shabo

Verb

amo

  1. (intransitive) to come

Spanish

Etymology 1

From ama.

Noun

amo m ‎(plural amos, feminine ama)

  1. master

Verb

amo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of amar.

Tsou

Noun

amo

  1. father

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