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jomo

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See also: Jomo and JOMO

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Tibetan མཛོ་མོ (mdzo mo).

Noun

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jomo (plural jomo or jomos)

  1. Alternative spelling of dzomo (female yak-cow hybrid)
    • c1882, Sarat Chandra Das, Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet, John Murray (1902), page 71,
      December 26.—The Deba has a dozen jomo and cows yielding plenty of milk. A jomo yields four times the quantity of milk which a cow or female yak gives. […] the Tibetans value very highly the jo, which is, besides a good milker, most useful in husbandry.

Etymology 2

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Metathesis of mojo.

Noun

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jomo (plural jomos)

  1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of mojo.

Anagrams

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *àma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jomo f

  1. hole
  2. hole for a grave

Declension

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