bambo

See also: bambó

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓa.ᵐbo/

Noun

bambo class 1a (plural abambo class 2)

1. father
2. sir, mister

Synonyms

• tate

Coordinate terms

• mayi

Derived terms

• mzibambo
• bambo wamkazi
• bambo wamkulu
• bambo wamng'ono

Italian

Etymology

From a root *ba(m)b- of onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic origin, perhaps in reference to babbling; compare the (etymologically unrelated) Ancient Greek βαμβαίνω (bambaínō, “to stammer”). Possibly inherited from an unattested Latin *bambus, from which Gascon bamborle (“prattle”) and Spanish bambolla (“ostentation”) are also derived. Further compare bombero (“clumsy man”) and Late Latin *bambalō, bamblō (“to swing, sway, shake”), whence Spanish bambalear and others.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbam.bo/
• Rhymes: -ambo
• Hyphenation: bàm‧bo

Adjective

bambo (feminine bamba, masculine plural bambi, feminine plural bambe)

1. (literary, archaic) naive, foolish

   Synonyms: ingenuo, stupido

   • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta – Novella seconda”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎^[1], Bari: Laterza, 1927:

     Ora, avvenne che una giovane donna bamba e sciocca che chiamata fu madonna Lisetta […] s’andò con altre donne a confessar da questo santo frate

     Now, it fortuned that a foolish and naive young woman, named Madam Lisetta went, in company of other gentlewomen, to be confessed by this holy friar.

Noun

bambo m (plural bambi)

1. (literary, archaic) child

   Synonym: bambino

2. (regional) naive person, foolish person

   Synonym: bamba

Derived terms

• bambino
• bambola
• bambolo
• bamboccio

Related terms

• bamba
• bimbo

Further reading

• bambo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• bomba

Polish

Etymology

Ellipsis of Murzynek Bambo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbam.bɔ/
• Rhymes: -ambɔ
• Syllabification: bam‧bo

Noun

bambo m pers

1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) coon, nigger, tar baby

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:czarnuch

Declension

Declension of bambo

	singular	plural
nominative	bambo	bambowie
genitive	bamba	bambów
dative	bambowi	bambom
accusative	bamba	bambów
instrumental	bambem	bambami
locative	bambie	bambach
vocative	bambo	bambowie

Further reading

• bambo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bambo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Compare Late Latin bambalō, Ancient Greek βαμβαίνω (bambaínō, “to stammer”), from sound-symbolic roots.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.bu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃bu
• Hyphenation: bam‧bo

Adjective

bambo (feminine bamba, masculine plural bambos, feminine plural bambas)

1. unstable, wobbling or wobbly

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bambu
• banbu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bamˈbo/ [bɐmˈbo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: bam‧bo

Noun

bambó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. club; bludgeon; cudgel

   Synonyms: batuta, garote, baston

2. beating with a club; hitting with a cudgel

Derived terms

• bambuhin
• bumambo
• pagbabambuhin