jomo

See also: Jomo and JOMO

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan མཛོ་མོ (mdzo mo).

Noun

jomo (plural jomo or jomos)

1. Alternative spelling of dzomo (“female yak-cow hybrid”)
   • c1882, Sarat Chandra Das, Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet, John Murray (1902), page 71,

     December 26.—The Deba has a dozen jomo and cows yielding plenty of milk. A jomo yields four times the quantity of milk which a cow or female yak gives. […] the Tibetans value very highly the jo, which is, besides a good milker, most useful in husbandry.

Etymology 2

Metathesis of mojo.

Noun

jomo (plural jomos)

1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of mojo.

Anagrams

• mojo

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *àma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔˈmɔ/

Noun

jomo f

1. hole
2. hole for a grave

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.