sumbo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

simbo
sombo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sumbu (“wick; fuse”). Compare Kapampangan sumbu, Maranao sombo (“wick”), and Javanese ꦱꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (sumbu, “wick; fuse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sumˈbo/, [sʊmˈbo]
Hyphenation: sum‧bo

Noun

sumbó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ)

candle; lamp; the light thereof
Synonyms: ningas, liwanag

Derived terms

ipagsumbo
magsumbo
sumbuhan

See also

kandila

Further reading

“sumbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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