bambo

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Chichewa

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bambo class 1a (plural abambo class 2)

  1. father
  2. sir, mister

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Italian

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Etymology

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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.[1] Further compare bombero (clumsy man) and Late Latin *bambalō, bamblō (to swing, sway, shake), whence Spanish bambalear and others.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. (literary, archaic) naive, foolish
    Synonyms: ingenuo, stupido
    • 13491353, 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

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bambo m (plural bambi)

  1. (literary, archaic) child
    Synonym: bambino
  2. (regional) naive person, foolish person
    Synonym: bamba

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References

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  1. ^ Carnoy, Albert J. (1917) “Apophony and Rhyme Words in Vulgar Latin Onomatopoeias”, in American Journal of Philology, volume 38, number 3 (No. 151), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, →JSTOR, § 9, page 271 of 265–284:*bambus

Further reading

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

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Ellipsis of Murzynek Bambo.

Pronunciation

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

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bambo m pers

  1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) coon, nigger, tar baby
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:czarnuch

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Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “[1]”)

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃bu
  • Hyphenation: bam‧bo

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

  1. unstable, wobbling or wobbly

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  1. ^ bambo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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bambó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ)

  1. club; bludgeon; cudgel
    Synonyms: batuta, garote, baston
  2. beating with a club; hitting with a cudgel

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