tombo

English

Etymology 1

From Ndonga otombo.

Noun

tombo (uncountable)

1. (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)

1. (Hawaii) Albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga)

   Synonym: (Hawaii) tombo ahi

Translations

fish — see albacore

Anagrams

• Mobot, mobot

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Ndonga otombo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tombo (uncountable)

1. (Namibia) tombo (a traditional sweet beer)
   • 2004 April 26, “Lewe agter die tralies”, in Republikein:

     'n KLOPJAG weens die vermoede dat tombo gestook word in die tronk, is die jongste grief op die vermeende Caprivi-afstigters in Grootfontein se klagtelys.

     A raid because of the suspicion that tombo is being brewed in jail, is the latest grief on the list of complaints of the alleged Caprivi separatists in Grootfontein.

   • 2020 August 11, Spotprent, Republikein:

     Agt polisiebeamptes wat in April 'n man forseer het om in tombo te swem terwyl hulle hom beledig het, is steeds geskors.

     Eight police officers who in April forced a man to swim in tombo while they insulted him, are still suspended.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtom.bu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtom.bo]

Verb

tombo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tombar

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomb and French tombe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtombo/
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Hyphenation: tom‧bo

Noun

tombo (accusative singular tombon, plural tomboj, accusative plural tombojn)

1. tomb, grave, sepulchre

   Holonym: tombejo (“cemetery”)

   Meronym: tomboŝtono (“tombstone”)

Derived terms

• eltombigi (“disinter, exhume”)
• entombigi (“inter”)
• sentomba (“uninterred”)
• tomba (“of or related to a grave”)
• tombisto (“gravedigger”)
• tombokuŝi (“rest in one's grave”)
• tomboskribo (“epitaph”)