bâmbi

See also: bambi, Bambi, and BAMBI

Portuguese

Sylvicapra grimmia

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu mbámbi.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.bi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.bi/

• Homophone: bambi (unadapted spelling)
• Hyphenation: bâm‧bi

Noun

bâmbi m (plural bâmbis)

1. fawn of a gazelle or doe
2. common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)
   • 2015 January 29, David Grossman, O livro da gramática interior‎^[1], Editora Companhia das Letras, →ISBN:

     Contou-nos uma história que ele inventou sobre o motivo de os bâmbis serem marrons.

     He told us a story he made up about why common duikers are brown.