taboa

See also: táboa and tabôa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tabôa, tabua, tabúa (obsolete)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin form of Latin buda still retaining the Berber singulative formans ta-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈbo.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈbo.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈbo.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈbo.ɐ/ [tɐˈβo.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈbo.ɐ/ [tɐˈβo.ɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈbo(w).ɐ/ [tɐˈβo(w).ɐ]

Noun

taboa f (plural taboas)

1. southern cattail (Typha domingensis, a reed native to tropical and temperate regions worldwide)

Further reading

• “taboa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025