# mao
## Translingual
### Symbol

mao
* (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Māori.

## English

Wikispecies

### Noun

mao (plural maos)
* The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

### Anagrams

* MoA, Amo., -oma, oma, moa, Oma, MOA, Amo, AOM, AMO

## Angor
### Noun

mao
* taro

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* maw, mu — short forms
* maoy, ma'y, muy — with indefinite subject

### Etymology

From ma- +‎ oo (“yes”), literally “can be said as true; affirmative”. Compare Tausug amu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈʔo/ [mɐˈʔo]
* Hyphenation: ma‧o

### Particle

maó (Badlit spelling ᜋᜂ)
* strongly affirms a statement said of the subject; is the one; is what
    Coordinate term: dili
    Siya maoy niadto, dili ako. ― He is the one who went, not me.
    Ang iyang gisulti maoy nakapalagot nako. ― What he said is what angered me.
* (+ verb with pag- or i-) is the time when (what is mentioned) happens
    pag-adto niya mao sa'y pag-adto nako ― when he went was the time I went too
** (+ pa) has just; happening very recently
    mao pa'y pag-adto niya ― he just went a minute ago

#### Derived terms

* dimao
* kamao
* mao bitaw
* mao gayod
* mao gihapon
* mao kaayo
* mao kana
* mao kini, mao kana
* mao lang
* mao nang
* mao nga
* mao pa
* mao ra
* mao ra og
* mao ra pud nuon
* maomao
* maong
* mura
* murag
* pakamao

## Estonian
### Noun

mao
* genitive singular of madu
* genitive singular of magu

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmao/ [ˈmɑ.ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ao
* Hyphenation: ma‧o

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus. Cognate with Portuguese mau and Spanish malo.

#### Alternative forms

* malo

#### Adjective

mao (feminine má, masculine plural maos, feminine plural más)
* bad
    Antonym: bo
* evil; mean
    Antonym: bo

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.

#### Noun

mao f (plural maos)
* Alternative form of man

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mao”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Hawaiian
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

mao
* to clear up (e.g. of cloudy weather), alleviate
* to fade (e.g. of the color of cloth)
* to pass (e.g. of a feeling), go away, cease
    Ua mao aʻela ke kaumaha. ― The sadness has ceased.

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

mao
* a type of fish

### Related terms

* maomao

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1957) “mao”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi‎, 2003

## Japanese
### Romanization

mao
* Rōmaji transcription of まお

## Mandarin
### Romanization

mao
* Nonstandard spelling of māo.
* Nonstandard spelling of máo.
* Nonstandard spelling of mǎo.
* Nonstandard spelling of mào.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin malus.

### Pronunciation

* (Galicia) IPA: /ˈma.o/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.ʊ/
* Rhymes: -ao

### Adjective

mao (plural maos, feminine maa, feminine plural maas)
* bad

#### Derived terms

* olho mao

#### Descendants

* Galician: mao
* Portuguese: mau (see there for further descendants)

### Noun

mao m (plural maos)
* a bad person

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* m.a.o.
* m a o

### Phrase

mao
* Initialism of med andra ord (“in other words”).

### Anagrams

* Moa

## Yami
### Noun

mao
* rock