ಸಾಬೂನು

Kannada

Etymology

From Portuguese sabão, itself from Old Galician-Portuguese sabon, sabõ, from Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Noun

ಸಾಬೂನು • (sābūnu)

1. soap

References

• Učida, Norihiko, Rajapurohit, B. B. (2013) “ಸಾಬೂನು”, in Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary, 3-11-1, Asahi-chō, Fuchū-shi, 183-8534, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN, page 926.