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Word:

 

Word - rootword - affixes
maitom - itom - ma-~
ma.i.tum. - 3 syllables

ma- = maitom
maitom

maitom [ma.i.tum.] : ebony (adj.)
itom [i.tum.] : black (adj.); negro (n.)

Derivatives of itom


Glosses:
ebony
n. (attribute)1. coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot blacka very dark black.
~ black, blackness, inkinessthe quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white).
n. (plant)2. ebonyhard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys.
~ diospyros ebenum, ebony tree, ebonytropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork.
~ woodthe hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees.
n. (plant)3. diospyros ebenum, ebony, ebony treetropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork.
~ diospyros, genus diospyrosa genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood.
~ ebonyhard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys.
~ treea tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms.
adj. 4. ebon, ebonyof a very dark black.
~ achromatic, neutralhaving no hue.; "neutral colors like black or white"
negro
n. (person)1. black, black person, blackamoor, negro, negroida person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa).
~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soula human being.; "there was too much for one person to do"
~ africathe second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean.
~ person of color, person of colour(formal) any non-European non-white person.
~ negressa Black woman or girl.
~ black race, negro race, negroid racea dark-skinned race.
~ black mana man who is Black.
~ black womana woman who is Black.
~ colored, colored persona United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive.
~ darkey, darkie, darky(ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people.
~ jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, coon, spade(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person.; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
~ tom, uncle tom(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
~ picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child.
adj. 2. negrorelating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair.
~ blackof or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin.; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"