kamao

ka- +‎ mao.

• Hyphenation: ka‧ma‧o
• IPA^(key): /kaˈmaʔo/, [kʌˈma.ʔɔ]

kamao

1. to have a know-how; to have the knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly)

   Kamao ka mosayaw?

   Do you know how to dance?

kamao

1. has a know-how

kamao

1. to be

• camaoo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kamaoo — uncommon

From earlier variant kamaoo, from Proto-Central Philippine *kamaʔuʔu (“back of the hand”). Compare Kapampangan kamau (“hand”), Bikol Central kamaoo (“fist; knuckle”), Hiligaynon kamomoo (“thumb”), and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /kamaˈʔo/, [kɐ.mɐˈʔo]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ma‧o

kamaó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜂ)

1. fist; back of the hand

• “kamao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot, page 362
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 295: “Enves) Camaoo [(pp)] dela mano delos dedos ala mañeca”