gombe

Old English

Etymology

Unknown but possibly borrowed from a Celtic language. See gombeen, from Irish gaimbín (“monetary interest”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”). If so, cognate to Latin cambiō from cambium borrowed from Gaulish cambion, whence change and exchange.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡombe/

Noun

gombe f (nominative plural gomban)

  1. tribute
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