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

Noun Inflected Forms

• tamos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of tamo

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

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Example Sentences

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tamo

So dóhmetum, make man, explains the mystery of the incarnation, as, God the Son made himself man for us, Dios noquát tamóde, or tamo, betzeguai dóhmetui.

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

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 C. R. Moss

Din sin agī inyatda, un, “Ingosadtako sin anak di ifūgau tamo waday ingus nīna ay manomang ya sidotako di pangigapwanda mo sibsibanda.”

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

Omali kayo ta badanganyo dakami si mugmug ya pakan tamo waday kamanīna ya waday pangay ay yaganmin dakayo.

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

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

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

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