bamboo

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Bamboo.

Etymology

From Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæmˈbu/

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Noun

bamboo (plural bamboos)

1. A plant; a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
2. The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
3. a didgeridoo
4. (slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

Derived terms

• bamboo man

Translations

plant

• Acholi: koo
• Albanian: bambu (sq)
• Arabic: خيزران (ar) (xayzaran, xayzuran) m

  Egyptian Arabic: خيزران (xayzaran) m, بامبو (bambu) m

• Banjarese: buluh, paring
• Bengali: বাঁশ (bn) (bãsh)
• Bulgarian: бамбук (bg) (bambúk) m
• Burmese: ဝါး (my) (wa:)
• Catalan: bambú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 竹子 (cmn) (zhúzi)

• Czech: bambus (cs) m
• Danish: bambus (da) c
• Dutch: bamboe (nl) n
• Esperanto: bambuo (eo)
• Faroese: bambus (fo) n
• Finnish: bambu (fi)
• French: bambou (fr) m
• German: Bambus (de) m
• Greek: μπαμπού (el) (bamboú) n
• Hawaiian: ʻohe
• Hebrew: במבוק (he) (bambuq) m
• Hindi: बांस (hi) (bāns)
• Hungarian: bambusz (hu)

• Indonesian: buluh (id), bambu (id), aur (id)
• Italian: bambù (it) m
• Japanese: 竹 (ja) (たけ, take)
• Kannada: ಬಿದಿರು (kn) (bidiru)
• Khmer: ឫស្សី (km) (rɨhsəy)
• Korean: 대나무 (ko) (daenamu)
• Lao: ໄມ້ໄຜ່ (lo) (mai-phai)
• Latin: harundō Indica (la) f
• Macedonian: бамбус (mk) (bámbus) m
• Malay: pering (ms)

  Rumi: buluh (ms), bambu (ms), aur (ms)

  Jawi: بولوه (ms), بمبو (ms), اءور (ms)

• Navajo: lókʼaatsoh
• Portuguese: bambu (pt) m
• Russian: бамбук (ru) (bambúk) m
• Serbian: trskovača f
• Slovak: bambus (sk) m
• Slovene: bambus (sl) m
• Spanish: bambú (es) m
• Sundanese: awi (su)
• Tagalog: kawayan
• Thai: ไผ่ (th) (pài)
• Tok Pisin: mambu (tpi)
• Volapük: bambud (vo), (obsolete) lerid (vo)

wood

• Albanian: bambu (sq)
• Bulgarian: бамбук (bg) (bambúk) m
• Catalan: bambú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 竹子 (cmn) (zhúzi), 竹材 (cmn) (zhúcái)

• Czech: bambus (cs) m
• Dutch: bamboe (nl) n
• Finnish: bambu (fi)
• French: bambou (fr) m
• German: Bambus (de) m, Bambusrohr (de) n
• Hawaiian: ʻohe
• Hebrew: במבוק (he) (bambuq) m
• Italian: bambù (it) m

• Japanese: 竹 (ja) (たけ, take), 竹材 (ja) (たけざい, takezai)
• Macedonian: бамбус (mk) (bámbus) m
• Malay:

  Rumi: buluh (ms), bambu (ms), aur (ms)

  Jawi: بولوه (ms), بمبو (ms), اءور (ms)

• Portuguese: bambu (pt) m
• Russian: бамбук (ru) (bambúk) m, бамбуковая трость (ru) (bambúkovaja trostʹ) f
• Slovene: bambus (sl) m
• Spanish: bambú (es) m
• Tagalog: kawayan
• Thai: ไม้ไผ่ (th) (máai pài)
• Tok Pisin: mambu (tpi)

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• Isthmus Zapotec: bixiá

Adjective

bamboo (not comparable)

1. Made of the wood of the bamboo.

Translations

made of bamboo

• Bulgarian: бамбуков (bg) (bambukov)
• Chinese traditional/simplified: 竹製的, 竹製的 (zhú zhì de)
• Czech: bambusový (cs) m
• Dutch: bamboe-
• Esperanto: bambua
• French: de bambou
• Hungarian: bambusz (hu)
• Italian: di bambù

• Japanese: 竹製の (たけせいの, takesei no)
• Macedonian: бамбусов (mk) (bámbusov) m
• Polish: bambus (pl) m
• Russian: бамбуковый (ru) (bambúkovyj)
• Slovene: bambusov
• Tagalog: kawayan
• Tok Pisin: mambu (tpi)

Verb

bamboo (third-person singular simple present bamboos, present participle bambooing, simple past and past participle bambooed)

1. (transitive) To flog with a bamboo cane.

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Gooniyandi

Noun

bamboo

1. didgeridoo

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Mandinka

Noun

bamboo

1. crocodile