# sambo
## English
### Etymology 1

Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced "samwich") + excrescent -b- +‎ -o (colloquializing suffix).

#### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

#### Noun

sambo (plural sambos)
* (Ireland, Australia, slang) A sandwich.

##### Synonyms

* (Australia, informal) sanger, sango, sammie, sammo
* (UK, informal) sarnie

### Etymology 2

From Russian са́мбо (sámbo), abbreviation of самооборо́на/самозащи́та без ору́жия (samooboróna/samozaščíta bez orúžija, “self-defense without weapons”).

#### Noun

sambo (uncountable)
* A Russian martial art and combat sport.

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* Bosma, MOABs, MOBAs, ambos, bomas

## Danish
### Etymology

From sam- (“together”) +‎ bo (“live, reside”).

### Adjective

sambo
* (botany) monoecious

### Noun

sambo c (singular definite samboen, plural indefinite samboer)
* roommate

#### Synonyms

* kontubernal
* slof
* roomie
* roommate

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Originally from Portuguese, though reinforced by several other languages.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsambo]
* Rhymes: -ambo
* Hyphenation: sam‧bo

### Noun

sambo (accusative singular sambon, plural samboj, accusative plural sambojn)
* samba

## Finnish
### Etymology

< Russian са́мбо (sámbo)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑmbo/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mbo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑmbo
* Hyphenation: sam‧bo

### Noun

sambo
* sambo (Russian martial art and combat sport)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of sambo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
samboni
accusative
nom.
samboni
gen.
samboni
genitive
samboni
partitive
samboani
inessive
sambossani
elative
sambostani
illative
sambooni
adessive
sambollani
ablative
samboltani
allative
sambolleni
essive
sambonani
translative
sambokseni
abessive
sambottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambosi
accusative
nom.
sambosi
gen.
sambosi
genitive
sambosi
partitive
samboasi
inessive
sambossasi
elative
sambostasi
illative
samboosi
adessive
sambollasi
ablative
samboltasi
allative
sambollesi
essive
sambonasi
translative
samboksesi
abessive
sambottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambomme
accusative
nom.
sambomme
gen.
sambomme
genitive
sambomme
partitive
samboamme
inessive
sambossamme
elative
sambostamme
illative
samboomme
adessive
sambollamme
ablative
samboltamme
allative
sambollemme
essive
sambonamme
translative
samboksemme
abessive
sambottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambonne
accusative
nom.
sambonne
gen.
sambonne
genitive
sambonne
partitive
samboanne
inessive
sambossanne
elative
sambostanne
illative
samboonne
adessive
sambollanne
ablative
samboltanne
allative
sambollenne
essive
sambonanne
translative
samboksenne
abessive
sambottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sambonsa
accusative
nom.
sambonsa
gen.
sambonsa
genitive
sambonsa
partitive
samboaan samboansa
inessive
sambossaan sambossansa
elative
sambostaan sambostansa
illative
samboonsa
adessive
sambollaan sambollansa
ablative
samboltaan samboltansa
allative
sambolleen sambollensa
essive
sambonaan sambonansa
translative
sambokseen samboksensa
abessive
sambottaan sambottansa
instructive
comitative

## Italian
### Etymology

From Russian са́мбо (sámbo), abbreviation of самооборо́на/самозащи́та без ору́жия (samooboróna/samozaščíta bez orúžija, “self-defense without weapons”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsam.bo/
* Rhymes: -ambo
* Hyphenation: sàm‧bo

### Noun

sambo m (uncountable)
* Sambo (Russian martial art)

### Further reading

* sambo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Malagasy
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Noun

sambo
* boat

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From sam- (“together”) +‎ bo (“live, reside”).

### Noun

sambo
* roommate, typically with a romantic connotation

#### Inflection
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɐ̃.bu/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃bu
* Hyphenation: sam‧bo

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

sambo m (uncountable)
* (martial arts) Sambo (a Russian martial art)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sambo
* first-person singular present indicative of sambar

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zambo.

### Noun

sambo m (uncountable)
* Zambo

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsambo/ [ˈsãm.bo]
* Rhymes: -ambo
* Syllabification: sam‧bo

### Etymology 1

Internationalism, from Russian са́мбо (sámbo).

#### Noun

sambo m (uncountable)
* Sambo (a Russian martial art)
    Hypernym: deporte de combate

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua sambu.

#### Noun

sambo m (plural sambos)
* (Ecuador) kind of pumpkin
    Hypernym: calabaza

### Further reading

* “sambo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

* (noun) From sam- (“co-”) +‎ -bo (“habitant”).
* (verb) From sam- (“co-”) +‎ bo (“to live”), compare sammanbo.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (noun, sometimes proscribed) /ˈsambʊ/
** Audio:(file)
* IPA: (verb, noun) /²samˌbuː/

#### Noun

sambo c
* partner with whom one lives, usually not in a common law marriage relationship; cohabitant

##### Usage notes

The pronunciation of this word was originally with accent 2, secondary stress and a long final vowel, i.e. /²samˌbuː/, which is in line with other compounds with -bo, e.g. öbo (“islander”), stadsbo (“city dweller”). For most speakers, the pronunciation has, however, shifted to accent 1 with a short final vowel without secondary stress, i.e. /ˈsambʊ/, probably due to the influence from words like hambo (“type of folk dance”) and loanwords ending in -o, which commonly receive accent 1, e.g. mambo (“mambo, type of dance”), sambo (“Sambo”), tango, mango, etc. This accent 1 pronunciation also applies to other words coined with sambo in mind, e.g. särbo (“partner one does not live together with”), mambo (“person who lives with their mother”).
This causes uncertainty in the declension of this word. Whereas common gender words with a long final /uː/ are regularly pluralized with -r, i.e. sko > skor, öbo > öbor, common gender words with a final /ʊ/ do not have a native pluralization. For this reason, many speakers colloquially treat sambo as a loanword and pluralize the word with a foreign -s plural marker, i.e. sambos, or with a double plural marker -sar, i.e. sambosar.
This pronunciation and declension are usually proscribed, and dictionaries like SAOL and Svensk ordbok recommend using the accent 2 pronunciation with an -r plural in line with words like öbo, which they likewise recommend for words like särbo and mambo.

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | sambo | sambos |
| singular | definite | sambon | sambons |
| plural | indefinite | sambor | sambors |
| plural | definite | samborna | sambornas |

##### Related terms

* särbo
* mambo

#### Verb

sambo (present sambor, preterite sambodde, supine sambott, imperative sambo)
* to cohabit

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Spanish zambo.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsambʊ/
* Rhymes: -ambʊ

#### Noun

sambo c
* (archaic, derogatory) Sambo; the offspring of a Native American and a person of African descent

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | sambo | sambos |
| singular | definite | sambon | sambons |
| plural | indefinite | sambor | sambors |
| plural | definite | samborna | sambornas |

### References

* sambo in Svensk ordbok (SO)