badju
English edit
Noun edit
badju (plural badjus)
- Dated form of baju.
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 269:
- As far back as 1803 Captain Flinders met the swarthy, sea-going Malajs, clad then, as they are now, in badju and sarong, wearing gracefully-folded turbans on their heads, and with murderous-looking krisses stuck in their girdles.
Kabuverdianu edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese baile.
Noun edit
badju
References edit
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
- Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro