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bambo

See also: bambó

Chichewa

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Noun

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bambo class 1a (plural abambo class 2)

  1. father
  2. sir, mister

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Italian

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Etymology

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From a root *ba(m)b- of onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic origin, perhaps in reference to babbling; compare the (etymologically unrelated) Ancient Greek βαμβαίνω (bambaínō, “to stammer”). Possibly inherited from an unattested Latin *bambus, from which Gascon bamborle (“prattle”) and Spanish bambolla (“ostentation”) are also derived.[1] Further compare bombero (“clumsy man”) and Late Latin *bambalō, bamblō (“to swing, sway, shake”), whence Spanish bambalear and others.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbam.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ambo
  • Hyphenation: bàm‧bo

Adjective

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bambo (feminine bamba, masculine plural bambi, feminine plural bambe)

  1. (literary, archaic) naive, foolish
    Synonyms: ingenuo, stupido
    • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta – Novella seconda”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎[1], Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      Ora, avvenne che una giovane donna bamba e sciocca che chiamata fu madonna Lisetta […] s’andò con altre donne a confessar da questo santo frate
      Now, it fortuned that a foolish and naive young woman, named Madam Lisetta went, in company of other gentlewomen, to be confessed by this holy friar.

Noun

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bambo m (plural bambi)

  1. (literary, archaic) child
    Synonym: bambino
  2. (regional) naive person, foolish person
    Synonym: bamba

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  1. ^ Carnoy, Albert J. (1917) “Apophony and Rhyme Words in Vulgar Latin Onomatopoeias”, in American Journal of Philology, volume 38, number 3 (No. 151), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, →JSTOR, § 9, page 271 of 265–284: “*bambus”

Further reading

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  • bambo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Ellipsis of Murzynek Bambo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbam.bɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ambɔ
  • Syllabification: bam‧bo

Noun

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bambo m pers

  1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) coon, nigger, tar baby
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:czarnuch

Declension

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Declension of bambo
singular plural
nominative bambo bambowie
genitive bamba bambów
dative bambowi bambom
accusative bamba bambów
instrumental bambem bambami
locative bambie bambach
vocative bambo bambowie

Further reading

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  • bambo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bambo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Compare Late Latin bambalō, Ancient Greek βαμβαίνω (bambaínō, “to stammer”), from sound-symbolic roots.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “[1]”)

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃bu
  • Hyphenation: bam‧bo

Adjective

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bambo (feminine bamba, masculine plural bambos, feminine plural bambas)

  1. unstable, wobbling or wobbly

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  1. ^ “bambo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Tagalog

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bambó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ)

  1. club; bludgeon; cudgel
    Synonyms: batuta, garote, baston
  2. beating with a club; hitting with a cudgel

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