gombe

See also: Gombe

Old English

Etymology

Unknown, but possibly borrowed from a Celtic language. See 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 change and exchange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡom.be/

Noun

gombe f

1. tribute

Declension

Weak:

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