manbo
English edit
Noun edit
manbo (plural manbos)
- Alternative form of mambo (“voodoo priestess”)
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Of African origin, perhaps from Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”), plural of diàmbu (“word”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manbo
Descendants edit
- → English: mambo
See also edit
References edit
- “mambo”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.