hambo

hambo (plural hambos)

1. A Swedish folk dance in three-four time.

• Bhamo, abmho, abohm

hambo

1. imposture

Clipping of hambopolska (“hambo polska”), named after the parish (socken) Hanebo in Hälsingland in Sweden.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhambʊ/
• Rhymes: -ambu

hambo c

1. (dance) hambo; a type of folk dance danced in 3/4 time

   att dansa hambo

   to hambo ["to dance type of dance" is idiomatic in Swedish]

• The plural is rarely used and can be replaced by the suppletive hambopolskor, compare e.g. radio > radioapparater.

• gammeldans
• polska

• hambo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hambo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• pambo

Possibly related to Sanskrit अम्बु (ambu, “water”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hamˈbo/ [hɐmˈbo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ham‧bo

hambó (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ) (dialectal, Batangas, Marinduque)

1. bathing; bath

   Synonyms: ligo, paligo, paliligo

• “hambo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018