tamo

American  

[tah-moh] / ˈtɑ moʊ /

noun

tamos plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tamos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tamo

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

Example Sentences

Tame náventziuh tame piuidcdo tamo canáde émea; ein tamide tamo.

From Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. by Smith, Buckingham

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

From Kankanay Ceremonies (American Archaeology and Ethnology) by Moss, C. R.

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

From Kankanay Ceremonies (American Archaeology and Ethnology) by Moss, C. R.

Idauwatmoi masangbo, tamo matagokami pangiyaan di ibamin dakami; tamo dakayo ay kabūnian waday pangiyaan min dakayo; tamo anakmi waday matago ya waday pangiyaan min dakayo.

From Kankanay Ceremonies (American Archaeology and Ethnology) by Moss, C. R.

The tamo is held in Buguias to cure insanity.

From Kankanay Ceremonies (American Archaeology and Ethnology) by Moss, C. R.