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
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