gombe

See also: Gombe

Old English

Etymology

Unknown, but possibly borrowed from a Celtic language. See English gombeen, from Irish gaimbín (“monetary interest”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”). If so, cognate to Latin cambiō from cambium borrowed from Gaulish cambion, whence English change and exchange.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡom.be/

Noun

gombe f

  1. tribute

Declension

Weak n-stem:

singular plural
nominative gombe gomban
accusative gomban gomban
genitive gomban gombena
dative gomban gombum
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