Tomé
See also: tome, tomé, and -tome
Galician
Etymology
From Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs), the Biblical Greek transcription of Aramaic תאומא or תאמא (“twin”), the nickname of one of the Twelve Apostles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈmɛ/
Proper noun
Tomé m
- A male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
- (biblical) Thomas (one of the Apostles)
- A patronymical surname.
References
- “tome” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “tome” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- "Tomé" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Tomé m
- A male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
- (biblical) Thomas (one of the Apostles)
Synonyms
- (Apostle): Tomás