different between abo vs ambo

English

Alternative forms

• Abo

Etymology

1922, clipping of aborigine.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æb.??/, enPR: ?'b?
• (UK) enPR: ?'b?, IPA^(key): /?æb.??/
• (US) enPR: ?'b?, IPA^(key): /?æb.o?/
• Rhymes: -æb??

Noun

abo (plural abos)

1. (Australia, offensive, ethnic slur, slang) An aborigine; aboriginal. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

Synonyms

• boong
• gin (female Aborigine)
• Jacky
• lubra (female Aborigine)
• Mary (female Aborigine)

References

Anagrams

• AOB, BAO, Bao, OAB, OBA, Oba., a.o.b., bao, boa, oba

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

abó

1. ash; the solid remains of a fire
2. tephra; volcanic ash

Etymology 2

Noun

ábo

1. cough

Verb

ábo

1. to cough

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?bo
• IPA^(key): /a?bo/

Noun

abó

1. ash; the solid remains of a fire
2. tephra; volcanic ash

Verb

abó

1. to turn into ash (by burning)

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of abonnement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.bo?/
• Hyphenation: abo

Noun

abo n (plural abo's)

1. (Netherlands, informal) subscription

Finnish

Noun

abo

1. abo

Declension

Anagrams

• boa

Garo

Noun

abo

1. grandmother

Synonyms

• ambigipa (formal)
• ambitang (formal)
• ambi

Hiligaynon

Adjective

ábo

1. lazy

Noun

abó

1. ash

Noun

ábo

1. A type of small fish that is said to be lazy

Interjection

abô

1. an exclamation that denotes aversion, contempt, or negation, equivalent to fie

Verb

abó (diminutive abó-ábo)

1. to turn into ash

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese vós.

Pronoun

abo

1. you

Kom (Cameroon)

Noun

abo

1. leopard, tiger, big cat

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• abol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab?/

Conjunction

abo

1. or

Further reading

• abo in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• abo in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Old Polish

Conjunction

abo

1. or

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• bo (synonym)

Etymology

From Portuguese vós and Spanish vos and Kabuverdianu abo.

Pronoun

abo

1. you (second person singular).

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.b?/

Conjunction

abo

1. (archaic or Cieszyn Silesia, Upper Silesia, Pozna?) or

Synonyms

• albo
• czy

Further reading

• abo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• abo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?bó
• IPA^(key): /?a?bo/, [???bo]

Noun

abó

1. ash
2. gray (color)
3. tephra

Derived terms

Upper Sorbian

Conjunction

abo

1. or

Weyewa

Verb

abo

1. (Loli) to scoop, to scoop up with cupped hands

References

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010) , “abo”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [â??o]

Pronoun

âbo

1. those; class 2 distal demonstrative.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æm.b??/
• Rhymes: -æmb??

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin amb?, from Ancient Greek ????? (ámb?n).

Noun

ambo (plural ambos or ambones)

1. A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.
2. (Roman Catholicism) A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.

Related terms

• ambon, lectern, podium, pulpit

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of ambulance +? -o.

Noun

ambo (plural ambos)

1. (informal) An ambulance driver.
2. (informal) An ambulance.

Translations

Anagrams

• MOAB, MOBA, Mabo, Moab, boma, moAb

Asi

Noun

ambò

1. mouse; rat

Buginese

Noun

ambo

1. father

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?am.bo/
• Rhymes: -ambo
• Hyphenation: àm?bo

Etymology 1

From Latin amb?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?m?b?i (“round about, around”).

Adjective

ambo (usually invariable, rare masculine plural ambi, rare feminine plural ambe)

1. (literary) both

   Synonyms: (literary) ambedue, (literary, obsolete) amendue, entrambi

Etymology 2

Noun use of the above adjective.

Noun

ambo m (plural ambi)

1. double (in various games)

Anagrams

• boma

References

• ambo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ambo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?m?b?i (“round about, around”), proposed by some from *h?n?t-b?i (“from both sides”), one case form in -b?i from the root noun *h?ent- (“front, front side”), whence ante. Cognates include Ancient Greek ???? (amphí, “both, facing”) or ???? (amph?, “both, facing”), Gaulish ambi-, Proto-Germanic *umbi, Sanskrit ??? (ubháu, “both, the two”), ??? (abhí, “towards, over, upon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?am.bo?/, [?ämbo?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?am.bo/, [??mb?]

Determiner

amb? m (feminine ambae, neuter amb?)

1. both (of objects occurring in pairs)

   Coordinate terms: duo, uterque

Declension

Irregular adjective, plural only.

Descendants

See also

• duo
• uterque
• binus

References

• ambo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ambo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ambo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ambo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN

Minangkabau

Pronoun

ambo

1. first person singular; I

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ambo

1. nominative singular of amba (“mango tree”)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin amb?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ambo/, [?ãm.bo]

Noun

ambo m (plural ambos)

1. (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) suit

Related terms

• ambos

Further reading

• “ambo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.