zebu

See also: Zebu, zébu, and zebù

English

Etymology

From French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull–yak hybrid”), whence also zobo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈziː.b(j)uː/, /ˈzɛ.b(j)uː/, /ˈzeɪ.b(j)uː/

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• Rhymes: -iːbuː

Noun

zebu (plural zebus)

1. A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos taurus indicus).

Synonyms

• Indian ox

Derived terms

• cattabu

Translations

domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa

Chinese: Mandarin: 瘤牛 (zh) (liúniú), 犛牛 / 牦牛 (zh) (máoniú) Czech: zebu (cs) Dutch: zeboe (nl) m Finnish: seebu (fi) French: zébu (fr) m Georgian: ზებუ (zebu) German: Zebu (de) n, Buckelrind (de) n Greek: ζεμπού (zempoú) Hindi: ज़ेबू m (zebū), बैल (hi) m (bail) Ido: zebuo (io) Italian: zebù (it) m Japanese: 瘤牛 (kobuushi), 犎牛 (hōgyū), インド牛 (indoushi), ゼブ (zebu) Korean: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: зе́бу n (zébu) Malagasy: jamoka (mg) Portuguese: zebu (pt) m Russian: зе́бу (ru) m (zébu) Spanish: cebú m Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: bò u (vi), bò zebu, bò zêbu Yoruba: màlúù

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Arabic: (please verify) درباني

Further reading

• zebu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos indicus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Bos taurus indicus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛbu]

Noun

zebu m anim

1. zebu (type of ox)

Declension

Also indeclinable.

Declension of zebu (masculine animate in -u)

	singular	plural
nominative	zebu	zebuové
genitive	zebua	zebuů
dative	zebuovi	zebuům
accusative	zebua	zebuy
vocative	zebu	zebuové
locative	zebuovi	zebuech
instrumental	zebuem	zebuy

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English zebu, from French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull–yak hybrid”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈzebu/ [ˈze.bu]
• Rhymes: -ebu
• Syllabification: ze‧bu

Noun

zébu (plural zebu-zebu)

1. zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)

   Synonyms: sapi benggala, (less common) benggala

Japanese

Romanization

zebu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゼブ

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

zebu m (definite singular zebuen, indefinite plural zebuer, definite plural zebuene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by sebu

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

zebu

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.bu/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbu
• Syllabification: ze‧bu

Noun

zebu n

1. zebu

Further reading

• zebu in Polish dictionaries at PWN