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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish lomo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lo‧mo
- IPA(key): /ˈlomo/
Noun
lomo
- (anatomy) loin
- Synonym: puson
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish lomo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lo‧mo
- IPA(key): /ˈlomo/
Noun
lomo
- tenderloin; the tenderest part of a loin of meat
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish lomo.
Noun
lomo
- tenderloin
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lumbus. Cognate with English loin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlomo/
- Rhymes: -omo
- Syllabification: lo‧mo
Noun
lomo m (plural lomos)
- (anatomy, in the plural) back (the rear of body)
- Synonym: espalda
- (anatomy, also in the plural) lower back, lumbar
- Synonym: lumbar
- loin, tenderloin (any of several cuts of meat)
- fillet (of fish) (a strip or compact piece of meat)
- (in the plural) rib (cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones)
- Synonym: costillas
- spine (the narrow, bound edge of a book)
- crease (of a hide, fabric, etc)
- blunt edge (of a blade)
- Antonym: filo
- (Latin America, colloquial) flesh
- Synonym: carne
- (Argentina, very colloquial) (usually with verb tener) an extraordinarily magnificent or ideal human body (either masculine or feminine)
- Synonym: lomazo
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish lomo.
Pronunciation
Noun
lomo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋᜓ)
- (anatomy) loin
- tenderloin
- back or rib of a book (to be bound)