bumbu

Gullah

Alternative forms

  • 'bumbu

Etymology

From Mende (Sierra Leone) mbumbu ("to take up, lift").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bum.bu/

Verb

bumbu

  1. pick up
  2. carry (in hand)

References

  • Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bumbu, from Javanese ꦧꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (bumbu).

Pronunciation

Noun

bumbu (plural bumbu-bumbu)

  1. seasoning
  2. (uncommon) spice
    Synonyms: rencah, rempah

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

bumbu

  1. romanization of ꦧꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ

Latvian

Noun

bumbu f

  1. inflection of bumba:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural