bambá

See also: bamba

Palula

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos)bor.
Latin bombusder.
Italian bombabor.?
Portuguese bombabor.
Urdu بَمْبَہ (bamba)bor.
Palula bambá

    Borrowed from Urdu بَمْبَہ (bamba).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bambá/

    Noun

    bambá m (Perso-Arabic spelling بمبہ)

    1. pipe, tap

    Declension

    Declension of bambá (ee-decl)
    singular plural
    nominative bambá bambeé
    oblique bambá bambeém

    References

    • Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “bambá”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Uncertain. Possibly from Kimbundu mbamba.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɐ̃ˈba/

    • Hyphenation: bam‧bá

    Noun

    bambá m (plural bambás)

    1. (Brazil) palm oil sediment
    2. an Afro-Brazilian dance where the participants sing and clap hands in a circle, surronded by others (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
    3. a dance party that ends in conflict
      Synonym: bambaquerê
    4. (metonymic) conflict, disorder
      Synonyms: chinfrim, confusão, desordem
    5. a card game (clarification of this definition is needed.)
    6. a game played with halfs of peach seeds (clarification of this definition is needed.)

    Derived terms

    • macaquinho-de-bambá

    See also

    • bambelô

    Further reading

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