kapok tree

English edit

Etymology edit

The kapok tree (Bombax ceiba; sense 2).

From kapok + tree.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪpɒk tɹiː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪˌpɑk tɹi/
(Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpəʊk tɹiː/, [ˈkɑːpəʊʔ-]
Hyphenation: ka‧pok tree

Noun edit

kapok tree (plural kapok trees)

Ceiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.
Synonym: kapok
- 1998, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, Faber and Faber, published 2013, page 123:
  Right smack in the middle of the village is a huge kapok tree, which is where they get together and have their market every fifth day.
The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), an Asian tree with red flowers.
Synonym: kapok
- 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 111:
  The coastal morning glory was left to creep up a bamboo pole that leaned against the kapok tree.
Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
1. Cochlospermum gillivraei
2. Cochlospermum fraseri

Translations edit

Ceiba pentandra

Bambara: bana
Basaa: jǒm
Catalan: capoquer
Cerma: bɔluɔŋgu
Dii: ɗùɗùg, gágam
Dutch: kapokboom (nl) m, kankantri (nl) m (Suriname)
Dyula: banayiri
Edo: ọkha
Ewe: ʋuti, wudese
Finnish: amazoninkapokkipuu
French: fromager (fr) m
Fula: bantineewi
German: Kapokbaum m
Gourmanchéma: púgúnbu
Japanese: パンヤノキ (pan'ya-no-ki), カポック (kapokku), インドキワタ (indo-kiwata)
Kasem: guŋu
Malayalam: പഞ്ഞിമരം (ml) (paññimaraṁ), ഇലവ് (ml) (ilavŭ)
Mamara Senoufo: sheŋɛ
Moore: gʋnga
Nawdm: gumb
Soninke: bantinŋe
Sranan Tongo: kankantri
Swedish: kapok (sv) c
Vietnamese: bông gòn, gòn (vi)
Yoruba: ẹ̀gungun, àràbà, egigun

Bombax ceiba

Finnish: valkokapokkio
German: asiatischer Kapokbaum m, indischer Kapokbaum m, roter Seidenwollbaum m
Japanese: インドワタノキ (indo-wata-no-ki), キワタ (kiwata), キワタノキ (kiwata-no-ki)
Soninke: bunquŋe
Swedish: indiskt dunträd (sv) n
Turka: bluɔgu
Vietnamese: gạo (vi)

Bombax costatum

Cerma: tiriiŋgu
Dyula: bumu
Gourmanchéma: fùòbu
Kasem: kafʋrʋ
Moore: voaaka, vaaka
Nawdm: voog̈b
Tal: kɨɨy
Vame: bəlgam

Cochlospermum gillivraei

Cochlospermum fraseri

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "'tropical tree' from the article 'silk-cotton tree'"

Assamese: শিমলু (ximolu)
Bengali: শিমুল (bn) (śimul), লাল শিমুল (lal śimul)
Bikol Central: kayo (bcl)
Braj: सेमर (semar)
Burmese: လက်ပံ (my) (lakpam)
Catalan: arbre del cotó
Cebuano: taglinaw, duldol, durol, kapok (rare)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 木棉 (zh) (mùmián)
Classical Nahuatl: pōchōtl
Finnish: kapokkio (fi), kapokkipuu (fi)
French: fromager (fr) m, kapokier (fr) m
Hindi: सेमल (hi) (semal)
Kannada: ಬೂರಗ (kn) (būraga)
Malayalam: ഇലവ് (ml) (ilavŭ), പൂള (ml) (pūḷa), മുള്ളിലവ് (ml) (muḷḷilavŭ)
Manipuri: ꯇꯦꯔꯥ (terā)
Marathi: सांवर (sāuvar), काटेसांवर (kāṭesāuvar)
Nepali: सिमल (simal)
Odia: ଶିମୁଳି (or) (śimuḷi)
Portuguese: paineira f
Punjabi: ਸਿੰਬਲ (pa) (simbal)
Sanskrit: शल्मलि (sa) (śalmali), शिम्बल (sa) (śimbala)
Santali: ᱥᱤᱢᱲᱤ (simṛi)
Sinhalese: ඉඹුල් (iᵐbul)
Spanish: ceiba (es) f, kapok m, capoc m, pochote m (Mexico), bonga (es) f (Colombia), lupuna f (Peruvian Amazon)
Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠝꠟ (himol)
Tagalog: buboy
Tamil: கோங்கு (ta) (kōṅku), முள்ளிலவு (ta) (muḷḷilavu), இலவு (ta) (ilavu)
Telugu: బూరుగ (te) (būruga)
Thai: งิ้ว (th) (ngíu)
Vietnamese: gạo (vi)