ಬಂಬು

Kannada

Alternative forms

• ಬೇವು (bēvu) — standard

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu

Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu)

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu.

Noun

ಬಂಬು • (bambu)

1. (colloquial, nonstandard) bamboo

   Synonym: ಬಿದಿರು (bidiru)

Declension

Case/Form	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ಬಂಬು (bambu)	ಬಂಬುಗಳು (bambugaḷu)
Accusative	ಬಂಬನ್ನು (bambannu)	ಬಂಬುಗಳನ್ನು (bambugaḷannu)
Instrumental	ಬಂಬಿನಿಂದ (bambininda)	ಬಂಬುಗಳಿಂದ (bambugaḷinda)
Dative	ಬಂಬಿಗೆ (bambige)	ಬಂಬುಗಳಿಗೆ (bambugaḷige)
Genitive	ಬಂಬಿನ (bambina)	ಬಂಬುಗಳ (bambugaḷa)

Descendants

• → Malay: بمبو
  • → Albanian: bambu
  • → Arabic: بَامْبُو (bāmbū)
  • → Bulgarian: бамбук (bambuk)
  • → Catalan: bambú
  • → Czech: bambus
  • → Dutch: bamboe
  • → English: bamboo
  • → Esperanto: bambu
  • → Finnish: bambu
  • → French: bambou
  • → German: Bambus
  • → Greek: μπαμπού (bampoú)
  • → Guugu Yimidhirr: bambu
  • → Hebrew: במבוק (bambuq)
  • → Hungarian: bambusz
  • Indonesian: bambu
  • → Italian: bambù
  • → Macedonian: бамбус (bambus)
  • → Polish: bambus
  • → Portuguese: bambu
  • → Russian: бамбук (bambuk)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: bambus / бамбус
  • → Slovene: bambus
  • → Spanish: bambú