babbu

See also: babu

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀩𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• बब्बु (Devanagari script)
• বব্বু (Bengali script)
• බබ‍්බු (Sinhalese script)
• ဗဗ္ဗု or ၿၿ္ၿု or ၿၿ်ၿု (Burmese script)
• พพฺพุ or พัพพุ (Thai script)
• ᨻᨻᩛᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ພພ຺ພຸ or ພັພພຸ (Lao script)
• ពព្ពុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄝𑄴𑄝𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhru, “mongoose”). See there for more.

Noun

babbu m

1. cat

Declension

Declension table of "babbu" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	babbu	babbavo or babbū
Accusative (second)	babbuṃ	babbavo or babbū
Instrumental (third)	babbunā	babbūhi or babbūbhi
Dative (fourth)	babbussa or babbuno	babbūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	babbusmā or babbumhā	babbūhi or babbūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	babbussa or babbuno	babbūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	babbusmiṃ or babbumhi	babbūsu
Vocative (calling)	babbu	babbave or babbavo

Sardinian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *babbus. Compare Italian babbo and Romansh bab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabbu/

Noun

babbu m (plural babbos) (Limba Sarda Comuna)

1. father

See also

• bìdrigu
• mama
• tziu

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbab.bu/, [ˈbːa.bːʊ]

• Audio (Eastern Sicilian):

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• Hyphenation: bàb‧bu

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Compare Italian babbeo, Spanish bobo (“silly, stupid”), Galician babeco and Latin balbus (“stammering, stuttering”). Compare for more: Italian bamba/bambo/bimbo/bambino.

Adjective

babbu (feminine singular babba, masculine and feminine plural babbi)

1. silly, stupid

   Si' nu pezzu di cosa babba.

   You're such an idiot.

Noun

babbu m (plural babbi)

1. a stupid or silly person, an idiot

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:babbu

Derived terms

• abbabbijari
• babbarijari
• babbasunazzu
• babbasuni
• babbazzu
• babbiceḍḍu
• babbijari
• babbiju
• babbitùddini
• babbìu

Descendants

• → Italian: babbo (regional Italian)

See also

• loccu
• lofiu
• lollu
• lufiu
• mommu
• ntamatu
• ntontu
• ntrunatu
• stunatu

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly related to etymology 1.

Noun

babbu m (plural babbi)

1. (colloquial) The vagina or vulva.

   Synonyms: pacchiu, sticchiu, picciuni

Related terms

• ciuriḍḍu
• ciuriḍḍuzzu
• papareḍḍa

See also

• minchia
• zonna