tomo

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See also: Tomo, tomó, Tomō, tömő, tomo-, and -tomo

English

Etymology

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Noun

tomo (plural tomos)

  1. (New Zealand) A shaft formed in limestone rock dissolved by groundwater.

Asturian

Verb

tomo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tomar

Catalan

Verb

tomo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tomar

Galician

Verb

tomo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tomar

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tomus, from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.mo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔmo
  • Hyphenation: tò‧mo

Noun

tomo m (plural tomi)

  1. tome, volume
  2. an oddball, a weirdo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

tomo m (plural tomi)

  1. (archaic) fall, tumble
    fare il tomoto fall headlong, to tumble

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

tomo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tomare

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 tomo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

tomo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とも

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

tomō

  1. dative/ablative singular of tomus

Maori

Verb

tomo (used in the form tomo-kia)

  1. to enter

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tomus (section of larger work), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, section, roll of papyrus, volume), from τέμνω (témnō, to cut, to separate).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

tomo m (plural tomos)

  1. volume, tome (book which is part of a series)
    Synonym: volume
  2. (figurative) importance; value
    Synonyms: importância, valor
  3. (figurative) fundament; basis
    Synonyms: fundamento, base
  4. (figurative) part; component

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɔmu, (Brazil) -õmu
  • Hyphenation: to‧mo

Verb

tomo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tomar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtomo/
  • Rhymes: -omo
  • Syllabification: to‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tomus.

Noun

tomo m (plural tomos)

  1. tome, volume
    Synonym: libro
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tomo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tomar

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomo.

Pronunciation

Noun

tomo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋᜓ)

  1. tome; volume

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

tomo

  1. (transitive) to go against

Conjugation

Conjugation of tomo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totomo fotomo mitomo
2nd notomo nitomo
3rd Masculine otomo itomo, yotomo
Feminine motomo
Neuter itomo
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh