xabú

Isthmus Zapotec

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒàˈbú/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish xabon (modern jabón), from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Noun

xabú

  1. soap

References
  • Pickett, Velma; et al. (2013) Vocabulario zapoteco del Istmo: Zapoteco-español y español-zapoteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionaries indígenas “Mariano Silva y Acevas”; 3)‎ (in Spanish), fifth (electronic) edition, second version edition, Insituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 42
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