badju

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

badju (plural badjus)

  1. Dated form of baju.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 269:
      As far back as 1803 Captain Flinders met the swarthy, sea-going Malajs, clad then, as they are now, in badju and sarong, wearing gracefully-folded turbans on their heads, and with murderous-looking krisses stuck in their girdles.

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese baile.

Noun[edit]

badju

  1. (Sotavento) dance

References[edit]

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
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