hambo
English
Noun
hambo (plural hambos)
- A Swedish folk dance in three-four time.
Anagrams
Malagasy
Noun
hambo
Swedish
Etymology
Clipping of hambopolska (“hambo polska”), named after the parish (socken) Hanebo in Hälsingland in Sweden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhambʊ/
- Rhymes: -ambu
Noun
hambo c
- (dance) hambo; a type of folk dance danced in 3/4 time
- att dansa hambo
- to hambo ["to dance type of dance" is idiomatic in Swedish]
Usage notes
- The plural is rarely used and can be replaced by the suppletive hambopolskor, compare e.g. radio > radioapparater.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hambo | hambos |
| definite | hambon | hambons | |
| plural | indefinite | hambor, hamboer | hambors, hamboers |
| definite | hamborna, hamboernas | hambornas, hamboernas |
See also
References
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly related to Sanskrit अम्बु (ambu, “water”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hamˈbo/ [hɐmˈbo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: ham‧bo
Noun
hambó (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ) (dialectal, Batangas, Marinduque)
Derived terms
- hambuhan
- humambo
Further reading
- “hambo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018