mọ

Yoruba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃̀/

Verb

mọ̀

  1. to know
Usage notes

mọ when followed by a direct object.

Derived terms
  • mọ̀ọ́mọ̀ (“knowingly”)
  • mọ̀wé (“to know books, to be educated”)
  • àtimọ̀ (“knowing”)
  • àìmọ̀ (“unknown”)
  • ìmọ̀ (“knowledge”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃́/

Verb

mọ́

  1. to be clean
    Ṣó mọ́ àbó dọ̀tí? ― Is it clean or dirty?
  2. to be holy
Derived terms
  • mọ́ tónítóní (“to be clean”)
  • mímọ́ (“clean, holy”)
  • ìmọ́tótó (“cleanliness, hygiene”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃̄/

Verb

mọ

  1. to mold, to shape
  2. to construct
Derived terms
  • mọlé (“to build a house”)
  • mọ̀kòkò (“to mold a pot”)
  • mímọ (“molding”)
  • Olúmọ (“the Olúmọ rock, found in Abẹ́òkúta, and the deity that inhabits the rock”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃̄/

Verb

mọ

  1. (Ọwọ, Ikalẹ) Alternative form of mu (“to drink”)
Derived terms
  • ẹmọ (“palm wine, drink”)
  • ùmọ (“manner of drinking”)
  • ùmọkúmọ (“bad drinking”)
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