# ammo
## English
### Etymology

Clipping of ammunition +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈæ.məʊ/, /ˈa.məʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈæ.moʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æməʊ

### Noun

ammo (usually uncountable, plural ammos)
* (informal) Ammunition.
** 1917, Arthur Guy Empey, “Lewis Gun”, in Over the Top, G. P. Putnam's, page 297:Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper. Then it's “napoo-fini” (Tommy's French) for Mr. Lewis.
** 2011, Mark Brannon, Tom Hanrahan, Shooting Sporting Clays, page 39:As with handguns and rifles, some ammos are more accurate than others.
* (slang, games, gambling, uncommon) Chips or money, usually at a casino.

#### Derived terms

* ammo belt
* ammo humper
* ammosexual

### Verb

ammo (third-person singular simple present ammos, present participle ammoing, simple past and past participle ammoed)
* (transitive, informal) To load up on ammunition.
    Synonym: ammo up
** 2001, H. Beam Piper, Uller Uprising:"Harry and Hassan are getting the car re-ammoed; they dropped me off here.

### Further reading

* “ammo n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

### Anagrams

* Mamo, MoMA, OMAM, mamo

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ammo, from Proto-Uralic *aŋmɜ-. Cognate to Ingrian ammillaa, Votic ammulla, Estonian ammuli, Estonian ammu, Livonian amtlõ (“to yawn”), Skolt Sami ämmsõddâd (“to yawn”), Western Mari [script needed] (omeštaš, “to talk or move while in sleep or to talk unclearly”), Southern Selkup [script needed] (āmmu-, “yawnable, something that makes one to yawn”) (Ket), Kamassian [script needed] (a’moi-, “yawnable, something that makes one to yawn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑmːo/, [ˈɑ̝mːo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑmːo
* Hyphenation: am‧mo

### Noun

ammo (dialectal, rare)
* something that widens on a mouth section, like a mouth or a cavity

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ammo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ammoni
ammoni
accusative
nom.
ammoni
ammoni
gen.
ammoni
genitive
ammoni
ammojeni
partitive
ammoani
ammojani
inessive
ammossani
ammoissani
elative
ammostani
ammoistani
illative
ammooni
ammoihini
adessive
ammollani
ammoillani
ablative
ammoltani
ammoiltani
allative
ammolleni
ammoilleni
essive
ammonani
ammoinani
translative
ammokseni
ammoikseni
abessive
ammottani
ammoittani
instructive
comitative
—ammoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ammosi
ammosi
accusative
nom.
ammosi
ammosi
gen.
ammosi
genitive
ammosi
ammojesi
partitive
ammoasi
ammojasi
inessive
ammossasi
ammoissasi
elative
ammostasi
ammoistasi
illative
ammoosi
ammoihisi
adessive
ammollasi
ammoillasi
ablative
ammoltasi
ammoiltasi
allative
ammollesi
ammoillesi
essive
ammonasi
ammoinasi
translative
ammoksesi
ammoiksesi
abessive
ammottasi
ammoittasi
instructive
comitative
—ammoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ammomme
ammomme
accusative
nom.
ammomme
ammomme
gen.
ammomme
genitive
ammomme
ammojemme
partitive
ammoamme
ammojamme
inessive
ammossamme
ammoissamme
elative
ammostamme
ammoistamme
illative
ammoomme
ammoihimme
adessive
ammollamme
ammoillamme
ablative
ammoltamme
ammoiltamme
allative
ammollemme
ammoillemme
essive
ammonamme
ammoinamme
translative
ammoksemme
ammoiksemme
abessive
ammottamme
ammoittamme
instructive
comitative
—ammoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ammonne
ammonne
accusative
nom.
ammonne
ammonne
gen.
ammonne
genitive
ammonne
ammojenne
partitive
ammoanne
ammojanne
inessive
ammossanne
ammoissanne
elative
ammostanne
ammoistanne
illative
ammoonne
ammoihinne
adessive
ammollanne
ammoillanne
ablative
ammoltanne
ammoiltanne
allative
ammollenne
ammoillenne
essive
ammonanne
ammoinanne
translative
ammoksenne
ammoiksenne
abessive
ammottanne
ammoittanne
instructive
comitative
—ammoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ammonsa
ammonsa
accusative
nom.
ammonsa
ammonsa
gen.
ammonsa
genitive
ammonsa
ammojensa
partitive
ammoaan ammoansa
ammojaan ammojansa
inessive
ammossaan ammossansa
ammoissaan ammoissansa
elative
ammostaan ammostansa
ammoistaan ammoistansa
illative
ammoonsa
ammoihinsa
adessive
ammollaan ammollansa
ammoillaan ammoillansa
ablative
ammoltaan ammoltansa
ammoiltaan ammoiltansa
allative
ammolleen ammollensa
ammoilleen ammoillensa
essive
ammonaan ammonansa
ammoinaan ammoinansa
translative
ammokseen ammoksensa
ammoikseen ammoiksensa
abessive
ammottaan ammottansa
ammoittaan ammoittansa
instructive
comitative
—ammoineen ammoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* ammolla
* ammolleen
* ammossa
* ammottaa

### References

* Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ammo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
* “ammuli”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
* Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā, “as for”).

### Conjunction

ammo
* but