goombah

(ˈgumbɑ)

n. a buddy; a trusted friend. (Also a term of address. Ultimately from Italian.) He’s my goombah. I can trust him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kenanyahu	-	Biblical Hebrew
SebastiÃO	-	Portuguese
Siem	SEEM	Dutch
Robbe	RAWB-bə	Dutch
Sneed	[sni:d]
Gethsemane	geth-SEM-ə-nee (English)	Biblical