ammo

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of ammunition +‎ -o. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.məʊ/, /ˈa.məʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæ.moʊ/ Rhymes: -æməʊ === Noun === ammo (usually uncountable, plural ammos) Ammunition. (slang, games, gambling, uncommon) Chips or money, usually at a casino. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === ammo (third-person singular simple present ammos, present participle ammoing, simple past and past participle ammoed) (transitive, informal) To load up on ammunition. Synonym: ammo up === Further reading === “ammo n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present === Anagrams === Mamo, MoMA, OMAM, mamo == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *ammo, from Proto-Uralic *aŋma-w. Cognate to Ingrian ammillaa, Votic ammulla, Estonian ammuli, Estonian ammu, Livonian amtlõ (“to yawn”), Skolt Sami ämmsõddâd (“to yawn”), Western Mari [script needed] (omeštaš, “to talk or move while in sleep or to talk unclearly”), Southern Selkup [script needed] (āmmu-, “yawnable, something that makes one to yawn”) (Ket), Kamassian [script needed] (a’moi-, “yawnable, something that makes one to yawn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑmːo/, [ˈɑ̝mːo̞] Rhymes: -ɑmːo Syllabification(key): am‧mo Hyphenation(key): am‧mo === Noun === ammo (dialectal, rare) something that widens on a mouth section, like a mouth or a cavity ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “ammo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 1 January 2024 “ammuli”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012 Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland == Uzbek == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā, “as for”). === Conjunction === ammo but