jomo
See also: Jomo and JOMO
English
Etymology 1
From Tibetan མཛོ་མོ (mdzo mo).
Noun
jomo (plural jomo or jomos)
- A female jo (yak-cow hybrid), the male such hybrid being a jobo or jopho.
- 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.
- c1882, Sarat Chandra Das, Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet, John Murray (1902), page 71,
Etymology 2
Metathesis of mojo.
Noun
jomo (plural jomos)
- (Southern US, African American Vernacular) Alternative form of mojo.
Anagrams
- mojo
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jama.
Noun
jomo
- hole