# komo
## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish como, from Old Spanish commo, from Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Classical Latin quōmodo (“how”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ko‧mo
* IPA: /ˈkomo/ [ˈko.mo]

### Adverb

komo
* as

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkomo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -omo
* Hyphenation: ko‧mo

### Noun

komo (accusative singular komon, plural komoj, accusative plural komojn)
* comma (punctuation)

#### Derived terms

* punktokomo (“semicolon”)

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kóː.móː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [kʷóː.móː]

### Noun

kōmō m (possessed form kōmon)
* misshapen calabash
* A large lute, generally played for hunters.

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tomo – compare with Tahitian tomo, Maori tomo, Samoan tomo, Tahitian tomo.

### Noun

komo
* entrance, entry
* ring, thimble, tenon

### Verb

komo
* (transitive) to enter, go into, penetrate
* (transitive) to include
* (transitive) to join, enlist (in an organization, class)
* (transitive) to sink (a boat)
* (transitive) to entertain, feel (an emotion)
* (transitive) to put on, dress, wear (as clothes)

### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “tomo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 164-5
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tomo”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

## Ido
### Etymology

From Esperanto komo, from English comma, German Komma, Spanish coma, from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈko.mo/

### Noun

komo (plural komi)
* (typography) comma; ,

## Itene
### Noun

komo
* water

### References

* Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 162

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese como.

### Adverb

komo
* how

## Ladino
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish commo, from Latin cōmō̆, a non-literary form of quōmodo (“how”). Cognate with Catalan com, French comme, Italian come, and Spanish como.

#### Adverb

komo (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קומו)
* as (to such an extent or degree)
** 1999, Matilda Koén-Sarano, קורס לספרדית־יהודית (לאדינו) למתחילים, Merkaz Eliacher, Universidad Ben-Gurion en el Negev, page 101:Alberto no es tan alto komo su ermano.Albert is not as tall as his brother.
* (interrogative) how?
** 1999, Eliezer Papo, La megila de Saray‎, E. Papo, page 220:Komo se dize estranyero en Ebreo?How do you say ‘stranger’ in Hebrew?
** 1991, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Djoha ke dize? Kuentos populares djudeo‐espanyoles‎, כנה, page 35:Komo te yamas?What’s your name?(literally, “How do you call yourself?”)

#### Conjunction

komo (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קומו)
* as; since (being that)
** 1999, David M. Bunis, Moshé Cazés, edited by David M. Bunis, קולות משאלוניקי היהודית‎, Misgav Yerushalayim, →ISBN, page 146:Komo no avia elektrisitá, los mosos de boda devian akompanyar o ir delantre la novya, ke la yevavan a pye kon el chalgí tanyendo, kon una menorá de plata kon 5 parmachés.As they had no electricity, the wedding's servants had to accompany or walk ahead of the bride, who were escorting her by foot with the playing orchestra, and with a silver menorah with five great candles.
* like; as (in the same way that; according to what)
** 2019 February 13, Metin DELEVİ, “Por ke los nombres de los djudios estan gravados en los trotuares de toda la Evropa?”, in Şalom‎:Komo dishimos: Estamos akodrando, i nunka mas.As we said: we remember, and never again.

#### Preposition

komo (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קומו)
* as (in the role of)
** 2003, Sefárdica: publicación del Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefaradí‎, numbers 14-16, Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefaradí, pages 101-2:En esta ensiklopedia es kontado, entre otras, ke en segito a los pogromes echos en Polonia, en los anyos 1648-1649, los djudios de Turkia embezaron⁷ sovre la triste suerte de miles de djudios ke avian kayido en kativerio i ke estavan en peligro de ser vendidos komo esklavos.It says in this encyclopedia that, among other things, following the pogroms committed in Poland from 1648-1649, Turkey's Jews learned of the misfortune of thousands of Jews who fell into captivity and were in danger of being sold as slaves.
* like (similar to or reminiscent of)
** 2018 February 7, Dora Niyego, “El Antisemitizmo De Oy”, in Şalom‎:El antisemitizmo es un prejudizio, komo un virus.Antisemitism is a prejudice, like a virus.

#### Alternative forms

* como

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

komo (Hebrew spelling קומו)
* first-person singular present indicative of komer

#### References

* 1 2 “komo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *komo₁.

### Verb

komo
* to plug, to thrust
    Synonym: puru
* to insert

#### Derived terms

* kokomo

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 161
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “komo.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* “komo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese como and Spanish como.

### Adverb

komo
* as
* since
* because
* like