damo

From Italian/Polish/Portuguese/Spanish dama, French dame, from Latin domina, from domus (“house”) (compare domo), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from *dem- (“to build”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdamo]

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• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: da‧mo

damo (accusative singular damon, plural damoj, accusative plural damojn)

1. (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.

2. (checkers) king
3. (title) Dame, Lady

• madamo
• madono

• 
  blanka damo
• 
  la kera damo

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

dámò

1. increase, multiply

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.mo/, /ˈda.mɔ/

damo (plural dami)

1. married
2. widowed woman
3. lady, dame
4. (card games) queen
5. (chess) queen

• siorino

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: dà‧mo

damo

1. first-person singular present indicative of damare

• Madò, doma, moda

• IPA^(key): [ˈdamo]

damo f

1. vocative singular of damă

• ramo — dialectal, Rizal, informal

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

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

damó (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜓ)

1. grass
2. weed; unwanted plants
3. herb (especially medicinal)
4. (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)

5. (Batangas) scattered garbage of peelings, shavings, etc.

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

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