amebo

== English == === Etymology === From Urhobo avwebo (“favourite wife in a polygamous household”). Popularised as the name of a character in the long-running Nigerian radio and television program The Village Headmaster. === Noun === amebo (plural amebos) (Nigeria, slang) rumormonger (Nigeria, slang) gossip (idle talk) == Esperanto == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈmebo/ Rhymes: -ebo Syllabification: a‧me‧bo === Noun === amebo (accusative singular amebon, plural ameboj, accusative plural amebojn) amoeba ==== Descendants ==== Ido: amebo == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Esperanto amebo, English amoeba, French amibe, German Amöbe, Italian amoeba, Russian амёба (amjóba), Spanish ameba, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”). Decision no. 1216, Progreso VII. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈmebo/ === Noun === amebo (plural amebi) (biology) amoeba ==== Derived terms ==== amebala (“amoebic”) === References === Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 620 Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 66