Momo
From Mereja Words
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English
Etymology
Tibetan མོག་མོག་ (mog mog), from Chinese 馍馍 (reference: Jīn Péng 金鹏 (ed.): Zàngyǔ jiǎnzhì 藏语简志. Mínzú chūbǎnshè 民族出版社, Beijing 1983, p. 31.)
Noun
Momo (plural Momos)- A type of Tibetan, Ladakhi and Nepali dumpling made with a simple flour and water dough.
- 2007 Far East of the U.N.
- Many dishes show a direct influence of China or India; for example, momos, or Tibetan dumplings, look like Chinese pot-stickers.
Translations
type of dumpling
Japanese
Noun
Momo (hiragana もも)
Derived terms
- 桃色 (ももいろ, momo iro); pink
- 桃色鸚哥 (ももいろいんこ, モモイロインコ, momo iro inko); a galah (Eolophus roseicapillus), rose-breasted cockatoo
- 桃色遊戯 (ももいろゆうぎ, momo iro yuugi); sex play
- 桃栗三年柿八年 (ももくりさんねんかきはちねん, momo kuri san nen kaki hachi nan); it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions, literally, planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years to bear fruit, plums take eight
- 百声鳥 (ももこえどり, momo koedori); lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 桃尻 (ももじり, momo jiri); somebody who is bad at horse-riding; a fidgety, restless person
- 桃園 (ももぞの, momo zono); a peach orchard
- 百千 (ひゃくせん, hyakusen) or (ももち, momochi); a large number, all sorts, hundreds and thousands
- 百千鳥 (ももちどり, momochidori); all sorts of birds, hundreds and thousands of birds; a plover; a Japanese bush warbler
- もも肉, 股肉, 腿肉 (ももにく, momo niku); the meat of the leg, round, ham
- 桃の花の香り (もものはなのかおり, momo no hana no kaori); fragrance of peach blossom
- 股引, 股引き, もも引き (ももひき, momo hiki); a close fitting trousers, working trousers
- 百夜 (ももよ, momo yo); a hundred nights
- 桃割れ (ももわれ, momo ware); a hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach
Tagalog
Etymology
From Mandarin 魔 (mó, “demon”).
Noun
Momo
