romo

See also: Romo

Hausa

Alternative forms

• رُومُو

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽóː.móː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽóː.móː]

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/, [ˈrɔmɔ]
• Hyphenation: ro‧mo

Noun

romo (first-person possessive romoku, second-person possessive romomu, third-person possessive romonya)

1. (Catholicism) priest

   Synonym: pastor

Alternative forms

• rama (KBBI standard)

Further reading

• “romo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈromo/ [ˈro.mo]

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• 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

• “romo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Etymology 2

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

Noun

romo m (plural romos)

1. (Belize, Dominican Republic) rum

   Synonym: ron