mumo

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Noun[edit]

mumò (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. bogeyman

Etymology 2[edit]

Undetermined.

Verb[edit]

mumo (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. to hit or bump one's mouth against something

Swahili[edit]

Verb[edit]

mumo

  1. Nonstandard form of mmo (“you all are (inside there)”).

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *muhmuh. Compare Ilocano mukmok, Kapampangan mumu, and Cebuano mumho.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmumo/, [ˈmu.mo]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧mo

Noun[edit]

mumo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. particles of cooked rice falling of the plate or table during a meal
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Apparent reduplication of the first syllable of multo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmumoʔ/, [ˈmu.moʔ]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧mo

Noun[edit]

mumò (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. bogeyman; a monster causing fear in children's stories
    Synonym: mamaw
  2. (childish) ghost
Alternative forms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “mumo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*muhmuh”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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