Wiktionary

baboe

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːbu/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧boe

Etymology 1 edit

From Malay babu, from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”) (cf. wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”)). Compare Portuguese babo.

Noun edit

baboe f (plural baboes, diminutive baboetje n)

  1. (Netherlands) a female babysitter, usually of Indonesian descent
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Ultimately from Hindi बाबू (bābū). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun edit

baboe ? (plural baboes, diminutive baboetje n)

  1. babu

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the imitative root *bab-, similar to English bah!.[1]

Noun edit

baboe f

  1. moue, grimace
  2. bogeyman
  3. fable, bagatelle

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

References edit

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “baviaan”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=baboe&oldid=73296858"