# damo
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From French dame, German Dame, Italian dama, Polish dama, Russian дaмa (dama).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdamo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amo
* Hyphenation: da‧mo

### Noun

damo (accusative singular damon, plural damoj, accusative plural damojn)
* (chess, card games) queen
** 1908, Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li?, ch. 3:La junulo miksis la kartojn kaj prenis unu el ili. Ĝi estis la kera damo.The youth shuffled the cards and drew one of them. It was the queen of hearts.
** 1910, E. L. Kearney (translator), La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis, ch. 11:La Kera Damo bakis tortojn / En iu somertago!The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, / All on a summer day.
* (checkers) king
* (title) Dame, Lady

#### Related terms

* madamo
* madono

### Gallery

* blanka damo
* la kera damo

### See also

Chess pieces in Esperanto · ŝakpecoj (layout · text) :
| reĝo | damo, reĝino | turo | kuriero | ĉevalo | peono |
Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text) :
| aso | duo | trio | kvaro | kvino | seso | sepo |
| oko | naŭo | deko | fanto, bubo | damo | reĝo | ĵokero |

## Hiligaynon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdamoʔ/ [ˈda.mʊʔ]
* Hyphenation: da‧mo

### Verb

damò
* to increase, multiply

#### Derived terms

* madamo

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto damo, English dame, French dame, German Dame, Italian dama, Russian дама (dama), Spanish dama, all ultimately from Latin domina, feminine of dominus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈda.mo/, /ˈda.mɔ/

### Noun

damo (plural dami)
* married
* widowed woman
* lady, dame
* (card games) queen
* (chess) queen

#### Synonyms

* siorino

#### Derived terms

* dami (“draughts, checkers”)
* piquodamo (“queen of spades”)
* damopeco / damostono (“men, kings”)
* damoplanko (“draughtboard, checkerboard”)

### See also

Chess pieces in Ido · shakfiguri (layout · text) :
| rejo | damo | turmo | episkopo | kavalo | piono |
Playing cards in Ido · ludokarti (layout · text) :
| aso | duo | trio | quaro | kino | siso | sepo |
| oko | nono | deko | pajo | damo | rejo | jokmentiemo |

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈda.mo/
* Rhymes: -amo
* Hyphenation: dà‧mo

### Verb

damo
* first-person singular present indicative of damare

### Anagrams

* Madò, doma, moda

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdamo]

### Noun

damo f
* vocative singular of damă

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* ramo — dialectal, Rizal, informal

### Etymology

Compare Kedah Malay damoh (“filthy”). Sense 4, semantic loan from English weed.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /daˈmo/ [d̪ɐˈmo]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: da‧mo

### Noun

damó (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜓ)
* grass
* weed; unwanted plants
* herb (especially medicinal)
* (slang) cannabis; marijuana
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuwana
** 1995, The Diliman Review:Malakas pa rin daw gumamit ng damo at ang balita, natuto na ring mag shabu. Pinamanahan daw ng ama ng dala wang ektaryang lupa ngunit ibinenta niya ito. Palaboy laboy na lang daw siya ngayon.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Batangas) scattered garbage of peelings, shavings, etc.

#### Derived terms

* aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo
* ahas sa damo
* baboy-ramo
* damong-balang
* damong-Bermuda
* damong-bingkalat
* damong-dagat
* damong-gamot
* damong-ilalim
* damong-imelda
* damong-kambing
* damong-ligaw
* damong-mabaho
* damong-makahiya
* damong-marya
* damong-pailaya
* damong-palyas
* damong-sambali
* damong-tulisan
* damuhan
* madamo
* magdadamo
* magdamo
* masamang damo
* omad
* tuyong damo
* uhay ng damo

#### See also

* sakate

### Further reading

* “damo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* omad