Pomo

Значение (Английский)

Noun

An indigenous population native to Northern California.

Name

The family of languages of this people.

Синонимы

boss

guvnor

kingpin

old man

supremo

top dog

top banana

Этимология (Английский)

Used in English since 1877, Pomo derives from the Pomo language words /pʰoːmoː/ and /pʰoʔmaʔ/, meaning "those who live at red earth hole". It was once the name of a village in Southern Potter Valley, possibly referring to the red mineral magnesite used for beads, or to the reddish earth and clay such as hematite mined in the area.
At the same time in the Northern Pomo dialect, -pomo or -poma was used as a suffix after the names of places for subgroups of people of that place.