tamo

[ tah-moh ]

noun

, plural ta·mos.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tamo¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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Tame nventziuh tame piuidedo tamo cande mca; ein tamide tamo.

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