sambo
English
Etymology
Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced "samwich") + excrescent -b- + -o (colloquialising suffix).
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
sambo (plural sambos)
- (Ireland, Australia, slang) A sandwich.
Synonyms
- (Australia, informal) sanger, sango, sammie, sammo
- (UK, informal) sarnie
Anagrams
- Bosma, MOABs, MOBAs, ambos, bomas
Danish
Etymology
From sam- (“together”) + bo (“live, reside”).
Adjective
sambo
- (botany) monoecious
Noun
sambo c (singular definite samboen, plural indefinite samboer)
- roommate
Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sambo | samboen | samboer | samboerne |
| genitive | sambos | samboens | samboers | samboernes |
Synonyms
- kontubernal
- slof
- roomie
- roommate
Esperanto
Etymology
Originally from Portuguese, though reinforced by several other languages.
Noun
sambo (accusative singular sambon, plural samboj, accusative plural sambojn)
- samba
Italian
Etymology
From Russian са́мбо (sámbo), abbreviation of самооборо́на/самозащи́та без ору́жия (samooboróna/samozaščíta bez orúžija, “self-defense without weapons”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsam.bo/
- Rhymes: -ambo
- Hyphenation: sàm‧bo
Noun
sambo m (uncountable)
- Sambo (Russian martial art)
Further reading
- sambo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian
Etymology
From sam- (“together”) + bo (“live, reside”).
Noun
sambo
- roommate, typically with a romantic connotation
Inflection
| indefinite singular | definite singular | indefinite plural | definite plural |
|---|
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɐ̃.bu/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃bu
- Hyphenation: sam‧bo
Noun
sambo m (uncountable)
- (martial arts) Sambo (a Russian martial art)
Verb
sambo
- first-person singular present indicative of sambar
Romanian
Etymology
From Spanish zambo.
Noun
sambo m (uncountable)
- Zambo
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) sambo | samboul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) sambo | samboului |
| vocative | samboule | |
Spanish
Noun
sambo m (uncountable)
- Sambo (a Russian martial art)
Hypernyms
- deporte de combate
Further reading
- “sambo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology 1
- (noun) From sam- (“co-”) + -bo (“habitant”).
- (verb) From sam- (“co-”) + bo (“to live”), compare sammanbo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (noun, sometimes proscribed) /ˈsambʊ/
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): (verb, noun) /²samˌbuː/
Noun
sambo c
- partner with whom one lives, usually not in a common law marriage relationship; cohabitant
Usage notes
The pronunciation of this word was originally with accent 2, secondary stress and a long final vowel, i.e. /²samˌbuː/, which is in line with other compounds with -bo, e.g. öbo (“islander”), stadsbo (“city dweller”). For most speakers, the pronunciation has, however, shifted to accent 1 with a short final vowel without secondary stress, i.e. /ˈsambʊ/, probably due to the influence from words like hambo (“type of folk dance”) and loanwords ending in -o, which commonly receive accent 1, e.g. mambo (“mambo, type of dance”), sambo (“Sambo”), tango, mango, etc. This accent 1 pronunciation also applies to other words coined with sambo in mind, e.g. särbo (“partner one does not live together with”), mambo (“person who lives with their mother”).
This causes uncertainty in the declension of this word. Whereas common gender words with a long final /uː/ are regularly pluralized with -r, i.e. sko > skor, öbo > öbor, common gender words with a final /ʊ/ do not have a native pluralization. For this reason, many speakers colloquially treat sambo as a loanword and pluralize the word with a foreign -s plural marker, i.e. sambos, or with a double plural marker -sar, i.e. sambosar.
This pronunciation and declension are usually proscribed, and dictionaries like SAOL and Svensk ordbok recommend using the accent 2 pronunciation with an -r plural in line with words like öbo, which they likewise recommend for words like särbo and mambo.
Declension
| Declension of sambo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sambo | sambon | sambor | samborna |
| Genitive | sambos | sambons | sambors | sambornas |
| Declension of sambo (colloquial, proscribed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sambo | sambon | sambos, sambosar | sambosarna |
| Genitive | sambos | sambons | sambos, sambosars | sambosarnas |
Related terms
- särbo
- mambo
Verb
sambo (present sambor, preterite sambodde, supine sambott, imperative sambo)
- to cohabit
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sambo | — | ||
| Supine | sambott | — | ||
| Imperative | sambo | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | sambon | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | sambor | sambodde | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | sambo | sambodde | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | sambo | sambodde | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | samboende | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Etymology 2
From Spanish zambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsambʊ/
- Rhymes: -ambʊ
Noun
sambo c
- (archaic, derogatory) Sambo; the offspring of a Native American and a person of African descent
Declension
| Declension of sambo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sambo | sambon | sambor | samborna |
| Genitive | sambos | sambons | sambors | sambornas |
References
- sambo in Svensk ordbok (SO)