sumbo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• simbo
• sombo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

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, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, compiled by several learned and serious religious men, and coordinated by Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar. Recently augmented and corrected by several religious of the calced Order of Augustinians.]‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.