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English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Tibetan མཛོ་མོ (mdzo mo).
Noun
jomo (plural jomo or jomos)
- 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
Metathesis of mojo.
Noun
jomo (plural jomos)
- (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of mojo.
Anagrams
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *àma.
Pronunciation
Noun
jomo f
- hole
- hole for a grave
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.