bunho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin *budinum, from buda or budae.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbũ.ɲu/ [ˈbũ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbũ.ɲu/ [ˈbũ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ɲu/

Noun

bunho m (plural bunhos)

1. (botany) Schoenoplectus lacustris (lakeshore bulrush, common club-rush)
2. (botany) Typha domingensis (southern cattail, cumbungi)
3. toy or contraption made by children

   Synonym: bunhedo

Further reading

• “bunho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “bunho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025