bambu

bambu (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of bamboo.

From English bamboo, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

bambu f

1. bamboo

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

bambu

Wikipedia ^fi

From English bamboo, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑmbu/, [ˈbɑ̝mbu]
• Rhymes: -ɑmbu
• Syllabification^(key): bam‧bu

bambu

1. bamboo

   Isopandat käyttävät bambuja pääravintonaan. ― Giant pandas use bamboo as their main source of nutrition.

• “bambu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From English bamboo, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

bambu

1. bamboo (plant)
2. bamboo (wood)

From Malay bambu, from Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu). Cognate of Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbambu]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bam‧bu

bambu (plural bambu-bambu, first-person possessive bambuku, second-person possessive bambumu, third-person possessive bambunya)

1. bamboo (plant)
2. bamboo (wood)

• aur
• buluh
• betung

• “bambu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu) and/or Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).

• IPA^(key): /bambu/
• Rhymes: -ambu, -bu, -u

bambu (Jawi spelling بمبو, plural bambu-bambu)

1. bamboo (plant); bamboo (wood)

   Synonyms: aur, buluh

Borrowed from French bambou, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

bambu

1. bamboo (plant)

From Kriol, ultimately from English bamboo.

bambu

1. didgeridoo

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

bambu

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

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: bam‧bu

bambu m (plural bambus)

1. bamboo

• → Asturian: bambú
• → Catalan: bambú
• → Dutch: bamboe (see there for further descendants)
• → French: bambou
  • → Moore: bambu
  • → Norman: bambou
  • → Russian: бамбу́к (bambúk) (or Dutch bamboe or English bamboo) (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: bambù
• → Spanish: bambú

From Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

bambu c (definite singular bambun, uncountable)

1. bamboo (plant; material)

• bambumatta

• bambu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bambu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bambu in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

bambu

Wikipedia ^tr

From Ottoman Turkish بامبو (bambu), from French bambou, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).

bambu (definite accusative bambuyu, plural bambular)

1. bamboo