baobabo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English baobab, French baobab, Italian baobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baoˈbabo]

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• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: ba‧o‧ba‧bo

Noun

baobabo (accusative singular baobabon, plural baobaboj, accusative plural baobabojn)

1. baobab (Adansonia digitata, a tree native to tropical Africa)