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chombo
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Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
- tiombo
Etymology
Interjection
chombo
Verb
chombo
- to hold on
- to grab hold of
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
chombo m (plural chombos, feminine chomba, feminine plural chombas)
- (Panama) a black man
Adjective
chombo (feminine chomba, masculine plural chombos, feminine plural chombas)
- (Panama) Dark-skinned
Further reading
- “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
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Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu [Term?].
Pronunciation
Noun
chombo class VII (plural vyombo class VIII)
- sailing vessel
- vessel (container for liquids)
- a dish more generally (like plates or pots)
- a tool or other instrument used to work
Derived terms
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