jomo

See also: Jomo and JOMO

English

Etymology 1

From Tibetan མཛོ་མོ (mdzo mo).

Noun

jomo (plural jomo or jomos)

  1. A female jo (yak-cow hybrid), the male such hybrid being a jobo or jopho.
    • c1882, Sarat Chandra Das, Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet, John Murray (1902), page 71,
      December 26.—The Deba has a dozen jomo and cows yielding plenty of milk. A jomo yields four times the quantity of milk which a cow or female yak gives. […] the Tibetans value very highly the jo, which is, besides a good milker, most useful in husbandry.

Etymology 2

Metathesis of mojo.

Noun

jomo (plural jomos)

  1. (Southern US, African American Vernacular) Alternative form of mojo.

Anagrams

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jama.

Noun

jomo

  1. hole
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