See mo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "When he had ſaied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […]",
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{
"word": "mo-ped"
},
{
"word": "mo qua"
},
{
"word": "mo shu"
},
{
"word": "po-mo"
},
{
"word": "slo-mo"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728."
],
"links": [
[
"cardinal number",
"cardinal number"
],
[
"el",
"el"
],
[
"gro",
"gro"
],
[
"do",
"do"
],
[
"one",
"one"
],
[
"duodecimal",
"duodecimal"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/məʊ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"enpr": "mō",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/moʊ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-mo.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/En-au-mo.ogg/En-au-mo.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-au-mo.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊ"
}
],
"word": "mo"
}
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