chombo

• tiombo

From French tiens bon.

chombo

1. stop

chombo

1. to hold on
2. to grab hold of

Cf. zambo, English Sambo

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃombo/ [ˈt͡ʃõm.bo]
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Syllabification: chom‧bo

chombo m (plural chombos, feminine chomba, feminine plural chombas)

1. (Panama) a black man

chombo (feminine chomba, masculine plural chombos, feminine plural chombas)

1. (Panama) Dark-skinned

• “chombo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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• Hyphenation: cho‧mbo

chombo class VII (plural vyombo class VIII)

1. sailing vessel
2. vessel (container for liquids)
3. a dish more generally (like plates or pots)
4. a tool or other instrument used to work