dambu

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dám.búː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [dám.búː]

Noun

dambū m (possessed form dambun)

  1. a food made from flour (from various grains) or granulated meat, usually prepared with onion

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of dambuhala (huge; giant), according to Zorc (1993). Also possibly a reference to Dumbo, a 1941 Disney film, where the main character is an elephant.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdambu/ [ˈd̪am.bʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ambu
  • Syllabification: dam‧bu

Adjective

dambu (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ) (slang)

  1. large; big
    Synonym: malaki

Further reading

  • Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 37

Yamben

Noun

dambu

  1. man

References

  • Pick, Andrew (2019), “Yamben: A previously undocumented language of Madang”, in 5th Workshop on the Languages of Papua[1], Universitas Negeri Papua, Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia