sumbo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sumˈbo/ [sʊmˈbo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: sum‧bo

Noun

sumbó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ)

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

Derived terms

  • ipagsumbo
  • magsumbo
  • sumbuhan

See also

Further reading

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