# imo
## English
### Prepositional phrase

imo
* Alternative form of IMO.

### See also

* satsuma imo

### Anagrams

* IOM, MOI, Mio, mo'i, moi, omi

## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

### Pronoun

imo
* you

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* imoha

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔimo/ [ˈʔi.mo]
* Hyphenation: i‧mo

### Pronoun

imo
* you (2nd person singular preposed ergative form)
* (in the singular) yours

### Noun

imo
* (slang, humorous) one's genitalia

### Determiner

imo
* (in the singular) your

#### See also
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.mo/
* Rhymes: -imo
* Hyphenation: ì‧mo

### Etymology 1

From Latin īmus, superlative form of īnferus (“low”, “deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.

#### Adjective

imo (feminine ima, masculine plural imi, feminine plural ime) (obsolete, poetic)
* (literal) located in the lowest or innermost part
* (by extension) low, deep
    Synonym: infero
** 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Pommi ove 'l sole occide i fiori et l'erba”, in Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini, published 1858, p.143):Ponm' in cielo od in terra od in abisso, ¶ in alto poggio, in valle ima e palustre, ¶ libero spirto, od a' suoi membri affisso; [...]Set me in heaven, on earth, or in the depths, ¶ on a high hill, or in a deep marshy vale, ¶ a spirit freed, or imprisoned in its limbs; [...]
** 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “La selva primitiva” (Juvenilia, Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli (1906), p. 109, Libro LVII), vv. 43-44:
    [...] un tremor gelido ¶ per l'ossa ime gli corse; e s'atterrava, ¶ e gemea [...][...] a freezing chill ¶ ran through his deep bones; and he dropped ¶ and wailed [...]
* (figurative) of a low social status (of people)
** 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, Erasmo Viotti, p.222, Canto IX:Miete i vili, e i potenti: e i più sublimi ¶ e più superbi capi adegua agl’imi.It breaks vile and mighty alike: and makes the noblest ¶ and proudest leaders one with the lowest.
* (rare, figurative) inappropriate, vulgar, uncouth (of things)

##### Related terms

* inferiore
* infero
* infimo

### Etymology 2

From Latin īmum, substantivization of the neuter form of īmus (“lowest”, “deepest”).

#### Noun

imo m (plural imi)
* (obsolete) bottom; base
    Synonyms: (more common) base, (more common) fondo
    Antonyms: apice, culmine, sommità, vetta
** 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXIX, p. 430, vv. 37-39:Così parlammo infino al loco primo ¶ che dello scoglio l'altra valle mostra, ¶ se più lume vi fosse, tutto ad imo.Thus did we speak as far as the first place ¶ upon the crag, which the next valley shows ¶ down to the bottom, if there were more light.

### Anagrams

* mio, mio-

## Japanese
### Romanization

imo
* Rōmaji transcription of いも

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Variant form.

#### Adverb

imō (not comparable)
* Alternative form of immō
** c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:
    Quis hoc crederet, ut barbara Getarum lingua Hebraicam quaereret veritatem; et dormitantibus, imo contendentibus Graecis, ipsa Germania Spiritus Sancti eloquia scrutaretur!(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

īmō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īmus

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

īmō n
* dative/ablative singular of īmum (“bottom, base”)

### References

* “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* imo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Regularised form.

### Verb

imo
* (proscribed, Caipira) first-person plural future indicative of ir

## Umbundu
### Noun

imo (i-ova class, plural ovamo)
* belly

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *himo.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈimo/, [ˈimo]
* Rhymes: -imo
* Hyphenation: i‧mo

### Noun

imo
* wish, desire
* appetite

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “imo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn