bambo

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓa.ᵐbo/

bambo class 1a (plural abambo class 2)

1. father
2. sir, mister

• tate

• mayi

• mzibambo
• bambo wamkazi
• bambo wamkulu
• bambo wamng'ono

From a root *bamb- of onomatopoeic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbam.bo/, [ˈbämbo̞]
• Rhymes: -ambo
• Stress: bàmbo
• Hyphenation: bam‧bo

bambo (feminine singular bamba, masculine plural bambi, feminine plural bambe)

1. (obsolete) naive, foolish

   Synonyms: ingenuo, stupido

   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta, Novella II [Fourth Day, Second Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 115:

     Hora advenne che una giovane donna bamba & sciocca, che chiamata fu Madonna Liſetta […] s’andò con altre donne a confeſſar da queſto ſanto frate.

     Now, it fortuned that a foolish and naive young woman, named Madam Lisetta went, in company of other gentlewomen, to be confessed by this holy friar.

bambo m (plural bambi)

1. (obsolete) child

   Synonym: bambino

• bambino

• bambo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

bambo m (feminine singular bamba, masculine plural bambos, feminine plural bambas, comparable)

1. unstable, wobbling or wobbly