jomo
English
Noun
- Alternative spelling of dzomo (“female yak-cow hybrid”)
- c1882, Sarat Chandra Das, Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet, John Murray (1902), page 71,
- December 26.—The Deba has a dozen jomo and cows yielding plenty of milk. A jomo yields four times the quantity of milk which a cow or female yak gives. […] the Tibetans value very highly the jo, which is, besides a good milker, most useful in husbandry.
- c1882, Sarat Chandra Das, Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet, John Murray (1902), page 71,
Etymology 2
Metathesis of mojo.
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *àma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɔˈmɔ/
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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