romo

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Noun

rōmō m (possessed form rōmon)

  1. broth, soup

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese rama (“father”), from Old Javanese rāma (“father”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amax (“father”), from Proto-Austronesian *ama-h (“father”). Semantic loan from Portuguese padre (“priest”, literally “father”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈromo/,
  • Hyphenation: ro‧mo

Noun

romo

  1. (Catholicism) priest
    Synonym: pastor

Alternative forms

  • rama (KBBI standard)

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈromo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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)

  1. blunt, dull
    Synonyms: desafilado, embotado
Derived terms
  • arromar (“to (make) blunt, dull”)

Further reading

Etymology 2

A loanblend from the English rum, absorbed into the Spanish lexicon unique to Belize.[1]

Noun

romo m (plural romos)

  1. (Belize, Dominican Republic) rum
    Synonym: ron

References

  1. ^ 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
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