Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1n.
doctor; physiciancurated
2n.
expert; specialist; practitioner (of a skill or craft)wiktionary
3n.
shaman; soothsayer; folk healerwiktionary
4n.
guy; bloke (familiar term for a man)wiktionary
Less common senses (1)
5n.
climbing perch (a fish, Anabas testudineus)wiktionary
Built from
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰmɔːᴬ (“shaman”), from Proto-Tai *ʰmoːᴬ (“shaman”), from Old Chinese 巫 (OC *ma). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩬᩴ, Khün ᩉ᩠ᨾᩳ, Lao ໝໍ (mǭ), Lü ᦖᦸ (ṁoa), Tai Dam ꪢꪷ, Shan မေႃ (mǎu), Tai Nüa ᥛᥨᥝᥴ (mów), Ahom 𑜉𑜦𑜡 (mō), 𑜈𑜦𑜡 (bō), or 𑜈𑜨𑜦𑜡 (bwō), Zhuang mo (as in bohmo), Nong Zhuang moa. Cognate with Lao ໝໍ (mǭ).