yambo
Bangi
Adverb
yambo
Lingala
Etymology
Adverb
yambo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝambo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãm.bo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃambo/ [ˈʃãm.bo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈʒambo/ [ˈʒãm.bo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ambo
- Syllabification: yam‧bo
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin ïambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).
Noun
yambo m (plural yambos)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambū, “rose apple, jambul”).
Alternative forms
Noun
yambo m (plural yambos)
Further reading
- “yambo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swahili
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Ajami | يَبُ |
Etymology
From -amba (“to say”).
Noun
yambo class V (plural mambo class VI)
- (Amu) alternative form of jambo
- 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[1], translation from R. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, , pages 243–249, stanza 17:
- اَسِفِدِ يَبُ اِلاَّ شَقَوَا ، اِكَوَ مَيُتُ يَسِ مْسِيِ
- Asifidi yambo ila shaqawa, ikawa mayuto yasi msiye.
- he gains nought but trouble and endless regret
Tok Pisin
Etymology
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Noun
yambo