transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgüm-ˌbä ]
noun
Etymology: Italian dialect (Campania) cumbà, vocative form of cumbare respected older man, literally, godfather, from Medieval Latin compater — more at compeer
Date: 1968
1. : a close friend or associate — used especially among Italian-American men
2. : a member of a secret chiefly Italian-American crime organization : mafioso ; broadly : gangster
3. : a macho Italian-American man