babun

Akin to Maranao bobon.

babun

1. thigh

Borrowed from English baboon, from Middle English babewin, baboin, from Old French babouin, from baboue (“grimace; muzzle”), of West Germanic origin, related to dialectal German Bäppe (“lips; muzzle”), Middle High German beffen (“to bark”), Middle English baffen (“to bark”). See also baff, baffle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabun/ [ˈba.bun]
• Hyphenation: ba‧bun

babun (Jawi spelling بابون, plural babun-babun)

1. baboon

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in babon.

• “babun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• babwin

Borrowed from English baboon. Doublet of babwin.

• IPA^(key): /baˈbuːn/

babun m (plural babuni, feminine babuna)

1. baboon

Borrowed from English baboon.

• IPA^(key): /bǎbuːn/
• Hyphenation: ba‧bun

bàbūn m anim (Cyrillic spelling ба̀бӯн)

1. baboon

From Church Slavonic бабуни (babuni). Akin to bàbuna.

• IPA^(key): /bǎbuːn/
• Hyphenation: ba‧bun

bàbūn m anim (Cyrillic spelling ба̀бӯн)

1. (historical) heretic
2. (historical) Bogomil

• “babun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “babun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From English baboon.

• IPA^(key): /babuŋ/, /babun/, [ba̠bũŋ], [bɑ̟buŋ]

babun

1. Colombian red howler (Alouatta Seniculus)
2. (derogatory) a man of Hindustani descent

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “babun”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

babun

1. father

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugara Everyday Words.