homm

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese homem (“man”), from Old Portuguese omẽe, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”).

Noun

homm (plural homm homm)

  1. (Diu) man (adult male human)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Um homm tinh doiz filh:
      A man had two sons:
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