bambo
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bambo class 1a (plural abambo class 2)
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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.
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bambo (feminine bamba, masculine plural bambi, feminine plural bambe)
- (literary, archaic) naive, foolish
- 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.
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bambo m (plural bambi)
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- bambo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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bambo m pers
- (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) coon, nigger, tar baby
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:czarnuch
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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]”)
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- Rhymes: -ɐ̃bu
- Hyphenation: bam‧bo
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bambo (feminine bamba, masculine plural bambos, feminine plural bambas)
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bambó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ)