bamboe

Dutch

Alternative forms

bamboes (archaic)

Etymology

From Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑm.bu/
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Hyphenation: bam‧boe

Noun

bamboe n (plural bamboes, diminutive bamboetje n)

(countable and uncountable) bamboo

Derived terms

bamboebeer
bamboefluit
bamboehut
bamboeriet
bamboescheut
bamboestok

Descendants

Afrikaans: bamboes (via the archaic bamboes)
→? Akan: mpampuro (Twi, possibly from Portuguese)
→ Lokono: bamboesji (via the archaic bamboes)
→ English: bamboo (see there for further descendants)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: bambus, Norwegian Nynorsk: bambus (via the archaic bamboes)
→ Russian: бамбу́к (bambúk) (or English bamboo or French bambou) (see there for further descendants)
→ Sranan Tongo: bambusi (via the archaic bamboes), bambu, bamboesoe

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