bumbo

English

Alternative forms

• bombo, bumboo

Etymology

Perhaps from Italian (baby-talk) bombo (“drink”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌmbəʊ

Noun

bumbo (uncountable)

1. A drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.

Anagrams

• U-bomb

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Likely from a West African language; compare Kimbundu mbumbu (“vulva”), Fula bumbum (“mons veneris”), Temne bom (“woman”). But compare also obsolete English bum (“vagina; anus”, slang, 17th to 18th century).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌmbʌ/

Noun

bumbo (plural bumbo dem, quantified bumbo)

1. vagina

Derived terms

• bomboclaat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbũ.bu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbũ.bu/

• Rhymes: -ũbu

Etymology 1

An alteration of bombo.

Noun

bumbo m (plural bumbos)

1. bass drum (large drum with a low pitch)
2. drum set (collection of different drums to be played together)

Etymology 2

Probably from Kimbundu mumbundu (“black man”).

Noun

bumbo m (plural bumbos)

1. (Angola, derogatory) an unrefined black person

Derived terms

• bumbar

Further reading

• “bumbo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bumbo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bumbo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bumbo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026