bamboe
Dutch
editAlternative forms
edit- bamboes (archaic)
Etymology
editFrom Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbamboe n (plural bamboes, diminutive bamboetje n)
- (countable and uncountable) bamboo
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: bamboes (via the archaic bamboes)
- →? Akan: mpampuro (Twi, possibly from Portuguese)
- → Lokono: bamboesji (via the archaic bamboes)
- → English: bamboo (see there for further descendants)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: bambus, Norwegian Nynorsk: bambus (via the archaic bamboes)
- → Russian: бамбу́к (bambúk) (or English bamboo or French bambou) (see there for further descendants)
- → Sranan Tongo: bambusi (via the archaic bamboes), bambu, bamboesoe