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bom

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bom"
Languages (23)
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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Berom.

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bom

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Berom.

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Abinomn

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Noun

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bom

  1. earth

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch bom, from French bombe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɔm/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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bom (plural bomme, diminutive bommetjie)

  1. bomb, explosive
  2. (figurative) bombshell (something sensational, amazing or controversial)

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German bōm (“tree”), from Proto-Germanic *baumaz, *bagmaz, compare German Baum and English beam.

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Noun

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bom c (singular definite bommen, plural indefinite bomme)

  1. bar, tollbar
  2. barrier (rail)
  3. beam

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Declension of bom
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bom bommen bomme bommene
genitive boms bommens bommes bommenes

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“bom” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French bombe, still attested as bombe in Early Modern Dutch.

Noun

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bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

  1. bomb (explosive)
    Er werd een bom ontdekt in het treinstation. ― A bomb was discovered in the train station.
    De bommen vielen op de stad tijdens de luchtaanval. ― The bombs fell on the city during the air raid.
  2. (Suriname) gas cylinder (cylindrical vessel for compressed gas)
    Synonyms: gasbom, gascylinder, gasfles
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: bom
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bom
  • → Indonesian: bom
  • → Sranan Tongo: bom
  • → West Frisian: bom

Etymology 2

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Clipping of bomschuit.

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bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

  1. (historical) flat-bottomed marine fishing vessel

Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch bomme, bonne, probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn.[1]

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bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

  1. (archaic) bung, stopper (for barrels)
    Synonyms: spon, stop

Etymology 4

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Initialism of bewust ongehuwde moeder (“deliberately unmarried mother”). First attested in 1978.[2]

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bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

  1. single mother
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References

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  1. ^ “bonde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bommoeder”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Iban

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bomb.

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bom

  1. bomb

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔm]
  • Hyphenation: bom

Etymology 1

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From Dutch bom, from French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a boom”).

Noun

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bom (plural bom-bom)

  1. bomb, an explosive device used or intended as a weapon
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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From Dutch boom (“tree, pole”), from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Noun

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bom (plural bom-bom)

  1. boom, tree, pole

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From Dutch slagboom (“boom barrier, boom gate”) or boom (“beam, barrier”). Compare to Dutch boomklok (“A bell tolled during the opening (in the morning) or closing (in the evening) of a port”, literally “beam bell”).

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bom (plural bom-bom)

  1. boom barrier, boom gate
  2. (figuratively) harbor, harbour
    Synonym: pelabuhan
  3. (figuratively) customs
    Synonym: pabean
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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German boum (German Baum) or East Central German and German Low German Boom.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔm
  • Syllabification: bom

Noun

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bom m inan (diminutive bomk)

  1. tree
    • 2011 September 28, I. Neumannojc, “Sadowe bomy za derjeměśe luźa a natury [Fruit trees for the benefit of people and nature]”, in Nowy Casnik‎[1], number 39:
      Sadowe bomy w burskich gumnach a teke na dwórach su typiske za naš region.
      Fruit trees in farmers’ gardens and even in courtyards are typical for our region.

Declension

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Declension of bom
singular dual plural
nominative bom boma bomy
genitive boma bomowu bomow
dative bomoju bomoma bomam
accusative bom boma bomy
instrumental bomom bomoma bomami
locative bomje bomoma bomach

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  1. ^ Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “bom”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “bom”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Malay

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos).

Noun

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bom (Jawi spelling بوم, plural bom-bom or bom2)

  1. bomb

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  • "bom" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
    (also see "bom" at PRPM first version)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From either Middle Low German bōm, from Old Saxon bōm or from Dutch boom (“tree, beam, mast, boom”), from Middle Dutch bôom (“tree, beam, pole, boom barrier”), from Old Dutch bōm (“tree”), from Proto-West Germanic *baum (“tree, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *baumaz, *bagmaz (“tree, beam, balk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, swell”).

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bom m (definite singular bommen, indefinite plural bommer, definite plural bommene)

  1. a boom (for a sail, crane, microphone etc.)
  2. a barrier (at a railway crossing etc.)
  3. a beam (in gymnastics: balance beam)
  4. a derrick (nautical, for loading/unloading cargo)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German bom.

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bom m (definite singular bommen, indefinite plural bommar, definite plural bommane)

  1. a boom (as above)
  2. a barrier (as above)
  3. a beam (as above)
  4. a derrick (nautical, for loading/unloading cargo)

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Occitan

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Etymology

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Imitative.

Interjection

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bom

  1. boom

Old Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *baum.

Noun

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bōm m

  1. tree

Inflection

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Declension of bōm (masculine a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative bōm bōma
accusative bōm bōma
genitive bōmes bōmo
dative bōme bōmon

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • “bōm”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Noun

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bōm m

  1. tree

Declension

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bōm (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative bōm bōmos
accusative bōm bōmos
genitive bōmes bōmō
dative bōme bōmum
instrumental — —

Descendants

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  • Middle Low German: bôm
    • Low German: Boom
      • German Low German: Boom
    • Plautdietsch: Boom
    • → Danish: bom
    • → Finnish: puomi
    • → Gutnish: bom
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: bom
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: bom
    • → Swedish: bom

Polish

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Dutch boom.[1][2]

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    Noun

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    bom m inan

    1. (gymnastics) boom (a gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits)
      Synonym: tram
    2. (sailing) boom (a spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour)
    3. boom (a wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment)
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    Declension of bom
    singular plural
    nominative bom bomy
    genitive bomu bomów
    dative bomowi bomom
    accusative bom bomy
    instrumental bomem bomami
    locative bomie bomach
    vocative bomie bomy

    Etymology 2

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      Onomatopoeic.

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      bom

      1. dong (sound of a bell, clock, etc.)

      Etymology 3

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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        bom

        1. Combined form of bo + -m

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        References

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        1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “bom”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
        2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “bom”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

        Portuguese

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        Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?
        Proto-Italic *dwenos
        Archaic Latin duenos
        Old Latin duonus
        Latin bonum
        Old Galician-Portuguese bõo
        Portuguese bom

          Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bõo, inherited from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonos, earlier duenos, from Proto-Italic *dwenos. Doublet of bónus / bônus, a later borrowing. Compare Fala and Galician bo, Spanish bueno.

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          bom (feminine boa, masculine plural bons, feminine plural boas, comparable, comparative melhor, superlative o melhor or ótimo or boníssimo, diminutive bonzinho, augmentative bonzão)

          1. good
            1. desirable, positive, advantageous
            2. (in reference to senses) pleasant, enjoyable, (of food) tasty
              Synonyms: agradável, aprazível
              Antonyms: ruim, desagradável
              Esta brisa é boa. ― This breeze is pleasant.
            3. (of a person) kind, generous, acting morally
              Synonyms: gentil, generoso
              Antonyms: mau, mesquinho, amargo
              Ele é um homem bom. ― He is a good man.
            4. (of quantity or time) sizeable, reasonable, significant
              Synonyms: razoável, significante
              Antonyms: pequeno, insignificante
              boa parte ― significant part

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          Interjection

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          bom

          1. well, very well
            Bom, já é hora de ir. ― Well, it's time to go.

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          Slovene

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          bọ̑m

          1. first-person singular future of bíti

          Swedish

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from Middle Low German bom, from Old Saxon bōm, from Proto-West Germanic *baum. Sense 3 is onomatopoeic. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from Dutch boom.

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          bom c

          1. a barrier (in the form of a pole that can be raised/lowered or opened/closed)
          3. (gymnastics) a boom, a balance beam
          5. a miss (failure to hit)
            Synonym: miss
          7. (sailing) a boom
          8. (aeronautics) abbreviation of stjärtbom (“tail boom”)
            Hyponyms: enkel stjärtbom (“helicopter tail”), dubbel stjärtbom (“twin-boom”)

          Declension

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          Declension of bom
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite bom boms
          definite bommen bommens
          plural indefinite bommar bommars
          definite bommarna bommarnas

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          References

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          • “bom”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
          • bom in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
          • bom in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

          Tày

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          Verb

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          bom

          1. to encourage; to provoke
            bom đếch pin mạy ― to nudge the children into climbing trees
            bom cần tò fật ― to encourage wrestling

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          • Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[4][5] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

          Vietnamese

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          Etymology 1

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          Borrowed from French bombe.

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          bom (classifier quả, trái)

          1. bomb
            Synonym: trái phá (obsolete)
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          Etymology 2

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          Borrowed from French pomme; the phoneme /p/ is changed into /ɓ/ as it is not a native onset consonant.

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          bom (classifier quả, trái)

          1. (dialectal) apple
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          Volapük

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from English bone.

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          bom (genitive boma, plural boms)

          1. bone

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          Declension of bom
          Singular Plural
          Nominative bom boms
          Genitive boma bomas
          Dative bome bomes
          Accusative bomi bomis
          Predicative1 bomu bomus
          Vocative o bom o boms
          1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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          References

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          • SARMENTO, Leila Lauar. Gramática em textos. 2nd edition. São Paulo, Brazil: Moderna, 2005.

          Further reading

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          • “bom”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

          Welsh

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from English bomb.

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          bom m or f (plural bomiau)

          1. bomb
          2. (slang) bomb, mint, killing (large amount of money)

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          Mutated forms of bom
          radical soft nasal aspirate
          bom fom mom unchanged

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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          • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bom”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from English bomb.

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): [bóm]
          • Hyphenation: bom

          Noun

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          bóm

          1. bomb

          References

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          • Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 66
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