baobabo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English baobab, French baobab, Italian baobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baoˈbabo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Hyphenation: ba‧o‧ba‧bo

Noun

baobabo (accusative singular baobabon, plural baobaboj, accusative plural baobabojn)

  1. baobab (Adansonia digitata, a tree native to tropical Africa)
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