chombo
Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
- tiombo
Etymology
From French tiens bon.
Interjection
chombo
- stop
Verb
chombo
- to hold on
- to grab hold of
Spanish
Etymology
Cf. zambo, English Sambo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃombo/ [ˈt͡ʃõm.bo]
- Rhymes: -ombo
- Syllabification: chom‧bo
Noun
chombo m (plural chombos, feminine chomba, feminine plural chombas)
- (Panama) a black man
Adjective
chombo (feminine chomba, masculine plural chombos, feminine plural chombas)
- (Panama) Dark-skinned
Further reading
- “chombo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu [Term?]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file) - Hyphenation: cho‧mbo
Noun
chombo (ki-vi class, plural vyombo)
- sailing vessel
- vessel (container for liquids)
- a dish more generally (like plates or pots)
- a tool or other instrument used to work