romo
See also: Romo
Hausa edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rōmō m (possessed form rōmon)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese rama (“father”), from Old Javanese rāma (“father”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amax (“father”), from Proto-Austronesian *amax (“father”). Semantic loan from Portuguese padre (“priest”, literally “father”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
romo (first-person possessive romoku, second-person possessive romomu, third-person possessive romonya)
- (Catholicism) priest
- Synonym: pastor
Alternative forms edit
- rama (KBBI standard)
Further reading edit
- “romo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos).
Adjective edit
romo (feminine roma, masculine plural romos, feminine plural romas)
- blunt, dull
- Synonyms: desafilado, embotado
Derived terms edit
- arromar (“to (make) blunt, dull”)
Further reading edit
- “romo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Etymology 2 edit
A loanblend from the English rum, absorbed into the Spanish lexicon unique to Belize.[1]
Noun edit
romo m (plural romos)
- (Belize, Dominican Republic) rum
- Synonym: ron