okoumé
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from certain Gabonese Bantu (cf. Myene, Viya, and Tsogo okumé).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
okoumé m (plural okoumés)
- Aucoumea klaineana, an African hardwood
Descendants edit
- → English: okoume
References edit
- ^ Raponda-Walker, André, Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon[1], page 110
Further reading edit
- “okoumé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.