zambo
See also: Zambo
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish zambo (which see), of uncertain etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
zambo m (plural zambo's)
- Zambo, Afro-Indian, someone of half African and half indigenous American parentage.
Finnish
Noun
zambo
- Zambo (person with African and Native American/indigenous heritage; Afro-Indian)
Declension
Inflection of zambo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | zambo | zambot | |
genitive | zambon | zambojen | |
partitive | zamboa | zamboja | |
illative | zamboon | zamboihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | zambo | zambot | |
accusative | nom. | zambo | zambot |
gen. | zambon | ||
genitive | zambon | zambojen | |
partitive | zamboa | zamboja | |
inessive | zambossa | zamboissa | |
elative | zambosta | zamboista | |
illative | zamboon | zamboihin | |
adessive | zambolla | zamboilla | |
ablative | zambolta | zamboilta | |
allative | zambolle | zamboille | |
essive | zambona | zamboina | |
translative | zamboksi | zamboiksi | |
abessive | zambotta | zamboitta | |
instructive | — | zamboin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Italian
Noun
zambo m
- half-caste of an African negro and an indigenous American
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain, but probably from an alteration of Vulgar Latin *strambus (“squinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted”), from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós)[1][2].
Pronunciation
Adjective
zambo (feminine zamba, masculine plural zambos, feminine plural zambas)
- bowlegged, bandy-legged
- (Latin America) Zambo (one of mixed African and Native American ancestry)
Noun
zambo m (plural zambos, feminine zamba, feminine plural zambas)
- (Latin America) Zambo
References
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