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Pronunciation
Noun
rōmō m (possessed form rōmon)
- broth, soup
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese rama (“father”), from Old Javanese rāma (“father”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amax (“father”), from Proto-Austronesian *amax (“father”). Semantic loan from Portuguese padre (“priest”, literally “father”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈromo/,
- Hyphenation: ro‧mo
Noun
romo (first-person possessive romoku, second-person possessive romomu, third-person possessive romonya)
- (Catholicism) priest
- Synonym: pastor
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈromo/
- Rhymes: -omo
- Syllabification: ro‧mo
Etymology 1
From Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos).
Adjective
romo (feminine roma, masculine plural romos, feminine plural romas)
- blunt, dull
- Synonyms: desafilado, embotado
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Etymology 2
A loanblend from the English rum, absorbed into the Spanish lexicon unique to Belize.
Noun
romo m (plural romos)
- (Belize, Dominican Republic) rum
- Synonym: ron
References
- ^ Timothy W. Hagerty (1996) “Chapter 7: The Influence of English on the Spanish Language of Belize”, in Michael D. Phillips, editor, Belize: Selected Proceedings from the Second Interdisciplinary Conference, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 136