yambo

• Rhymes: -ambo
• Syllabification: yam‧bo

Borrowed from Latin ïambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).

yambo m (plural yambos)

1. (poetry) iamb

Borrowed from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambū, “rose apple, jambul”).

• jambul

yambo m (plural yambos)

1. jambul

• “yambo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From -amba (“to say”).

yambo class V (plural mambo class VI)

1. alternative form of jambo
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 17:

     اَسِفِدِ يَبُ اِلاَّ شَقَوَا ، اِكَوَ مَيُتُ يَسِ مْسِيِ

     Asifidi yambo ila shaqawa, ikawa mayuto yasi msiye.

     he gains nought but trouble and endless regret

yambo

1. guava