sumbo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• simbo
• sombo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sumbu (“wick; fuse”). Compare Kapampangan sumbu, Maranao sombo (“wick”), and Javanese ꦱꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (sumbu, “wick; fuse”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sumˈbo/ [sʊmˈbo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sum‧bo

Noun

sumbó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. candle; lamp; the light thereof

   Synonyms: ningas, liwanag

Derived terms

• ipagsumbo
• magsumbo
• sumbuhan

 

See also

• kandila

 

Further reading

• “sumbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier