tombo

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Ndonga otombo. ==== Noun ==== tombo (uncountable) (Namibia) A traditional sweet beer made from the bamboo palm. === Etymology 2 === From Japanese トンボ (tonbo, “dragonfly”, a nickname for the albacore tuna). ==== Noun ==== tombo (uncountable) (Hawaii) Albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga) Synonym: (Hawaii) tombo ahi ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Mobot, mobot == Afrikaans == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ndonga otombo. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tombo (uncountable) (Namibia) tombo (a traditional sweet beer) == Bangi == === Verb === tombo to seek == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈtom.bu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtom.bo] === Verb === tombo first-person singular present indicative of tombar == Esperanto == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tomb and French tombe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtombo/ Rhymes: -ombo Syllabification: tom‧bo === Noun === tombo (accusative singular tombon, plural tomboj, accusative plural tombojn) tomb, grave, sepulchre Holonym: tombejo (“cemetery”) Meronym: tomboŝtono (“tombstone”) ==== Derived terms ==== == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtombo/ [ˈt̪om.bʊ] Rhymes: -ombo Hyphenation: tom‧bo === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from tombar. ==== Noun ==== tombo m (plural tombos) upset, turnover, overturn Synonyms: vorco, envorco, rouceo stroke, blow === Etymology 2 === Possibly ultimately from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “tomb”), but perhaps better from Proto-Celtic *tumbos (“mound”). Cognate with Irish tom. ==== Noun ==== tombo m (plural tombos) cartulary mound ===== Related terms ===== tumbio (“heap of snow”) === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tombo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tonbo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tombo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tombo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tombo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Ido == === Etymology === From Esperanto tombo, from English tomb, French tombe, Italian tomba, Spanish tumba, from Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβα (túmba). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtom.bo/ === Noun === tombo (plural tombi) tomb, grave tombstone ==== Derived terms ==== tombeyo (“graveyard, cemetery”) == Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records toombo as an equivalent of English brain in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ̀ᵐbɔ́/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, and so on. === Noun === tombo class 14 (plural matombo) brain ==== See also ==== kĩongo === References === “tombo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 458. Oxford: Clarendon Press. == Lindu == === Noun === tombo allotment; quota prize wage; pay == Lingala == === Verb === tombo to seek == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from tombar. ==== Noun ==== tombo m (plural tombos) tumble; fall an inventory of real estate === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tombo first-person singular present indicative of tombar === Further reading === “tombo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tombo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Metathesis of botón, in reference to the buttons that cops sometimes wear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtombo/ [ˈt̪õm.bo] Rhymes: -ombo Syllabification: tom‧bo === Noun === tombo m (plural tombos) (South America) cop Synonyms: paco, madero, gorra (Argentina) == Venda == === Noun === tombo (plural matombo) stone