saloma

See also: салома

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish saloma.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧lo‧ma

Noun

saloma

1. a sea shanty; a work song that sailors sang in rhythm to their movement

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin celeusma (“call to keep time while rowing”), from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “call, order”). Doublet of chusma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈloma/ [saˈlo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: sa‧lo‧ma

Noun

saloma f (plural salomas)

1. shanty, work song

Derived terms

• salomar

 

Further reading

• “saloma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10