Pronunciation: ' p ō -( ˌ )m ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Pomo or Pomos
Etymology: in part from Northern Pomo p h o · mo · , a village name, literally, at red earth hole; in part from Northern Pomo p h o ʔ ma ʔ one residing at (the place denoted by the preceding element)
Date: 1852
1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of northern California
2 : any of the family of languages spoken by the Pomo