bentu

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See also: běntǔ

Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese vento. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bentu.

Noun[edit]

bentu

  1. wind (moving air)

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese vento.

Noun[edit]

bentu

  1. (Sotavento) wind (moving air)

Sardinian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ventus (wind), from Proto-Italic *wentos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from the root *h₂weh₁- (to blow).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bentu m (plural bentos)

  1. wind

Related terms[edit]