tamo

[tah-moh] /ˈtɑ moʊ/

noun, plural tamos.

the light, yellowish-brown wood of a Japanese ash, Fraxinus mandschurica, used for making furniture.

Origin of tamo

Japanese

< Japanese tamo(-no-ki), tamu-(no-ki) name of the tree

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Sacred songs form a part of the worship in connection with the Kankanay mandit, palis, tamo, and bindian.

Kankanay Ceremonies C. R. Moss
We come back to the Johnson place and stayed there three years, then my father rented the Alexander place on the tamo.

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The ceremony is similar in some respects to the tamo of the Nabaloi.

Kankanay Ceremonies C. R. Moss

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