tombo

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CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

tombo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of tombar

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

1. tomb, grave, sepulchre

MeronymsEdit

• tomboŝtono (“tombstone”)

HolonymsEdit

• tombejo (“cemetery”)

Derived termsEdit

• eltombigi (“disinter, exhume”)
• entombigi (“inter”)
• sentomba (“uninterred”)

• tomba (“of or related to a grave”)
• tombisto (“gravedigger”)
• tombokuŝi (“rest in one's grave”)

• tomboskribo (“epitaph”)

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IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Esperanto tombo, from English tomb, French tombe, Italian tomba, Spanish tumba, from Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβα (túmba).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈtom.bo/

NounEdit

tombo (plural tombi)

1. tomb, grave
2. tombstone

Derived termsEdit

• tombeyo (“graveyard, cemetery”)

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KikuyuEdit

EtymologyEdit

Hinde (1904) records toombo as an equivalent of English brain in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̀^mbɔ́/

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.

NounEdit

tombo class 14 (plural matombo)

1. brain

See alsoEdit

• kĩongo

ReferencesEdit

• “tombo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 458. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Back-formation from tombar.

NounEdit

tombo m (plural tombos)

1. tumble; fall
2. an inventory of real estate

VerbEdit

tombo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of tombar

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

tombo m (plural tombos)

1. (slang) cop