momo

Etymology

From Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), from Mandarin 饃饃／馍馍 (mómo).

Noun

momo (plural momos)

1. A type of Tibetan, Ladakhi and Nepali dumpling made with a simple flour and water dough.
   • 2007 July 1, “Far East of the U.N.”, in New York Times‎:

     Many dishes show a direct influence of China or India; for example, momos, or Tibetan dumplings, look like Chinese pot-stickers.

Adverb

momo

1. already

Verb

momo

1. to chew (in order to swallow)

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

See also

• mabe

Noun

momo

1. bee

Romanization

momo

1. Rōmaji transcription of もも

Noun

momo

1. a type, a kind, a species, a breed, a variety, a race, a genre

Further reading

• momo entry at the online Māori Dictionary

Noun

momo m (plural momos)

1. King Momo (character representing the king of carnival in Latin America)
2. momo

Etymology

From Mandarin 魔 (mó, “demon”).

Noun

momo

1. monster, ghost