bamboe

Dutch

Alternative forms

• bamboes (archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu

Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu)bor.

Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu

Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu)bor.

Malay bambubor.

Portuguese bambubor.

Dutch bamboe

Borrowed from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑm.bu/

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• Hyphenation: bam‧boe

Noun

bamboe n (plural bamboes, diminutive bamboetje n)

1. (countable and uncountable) bamboo

Derived terms

• bamboebeer
• bamboefluit
• bamboehut
• bamboeriet
• bamboescheut
• bamboestok

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bamboes (via the archaic bamboes)
• →? Akan: mpampuro (Twi, possibly from Portuguese)
• → Lokono: bamboesji (via the archaic bamboes)
• → English: bamboo (see there for further descendants)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: bambus, Norwegian Nynorsk: bambus (via the archaic bamboes)
• → Russian: бамбу́к (bambúk) (or English bamboo or French bambou) (see there for further descendants)
• → Sranan Tongo: bambusi (via the archaic bamboes), bambu, bamboesoe