kapok tree

English

Etymology

The kapok tree (Bombax ceiba; sense 2).

From kapok + tree.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪpɒk tɹiː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪˌpɑk tɹi/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpəʊk tɹiː/, [ˈkɑːpəʊʔ-]
• Hyphenation: ka‧pok tree

Noun

kapok tree (plural kapok trees)

1. Ceiba pentandra, a tree of the tropical Americas and west-central Africa, with white flowers, cultivated in south-east Asia for its seed fibre.

   Synonym: kapok

   • 1998, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, Faber and Faber, published 2013, page 123:

     Right smack in the middle of the village is a huge kapok tree, which is where they get together and have their market every fifth day.

2. The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), an Asian tree with red flowers.

   Synonym: kapok

   • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 111:

     The coastal morning glory was left to creep up a bamboo pole that leaned against the kapok tree.

3. Two trees with yellow flowers native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
   1. Cochlospermum gillivraei
   2. Cochlospermum fraseri

Translations

Ceiba pentandra

• Arabic: شَجَر كَابُوك m (šajar kābūk)
• Bambara: bana
• Basaa: jǒm
• Catalan: capoquer
• Cerma: bɔluɔŋgu
• Dii: ɗùɗùg, gágam
• Dutch: kapokboom (nl) m, kankantri (nl) m (Suriname)
• Dyula: banayiri
• Edo: ọkha
• Ewe: ʋuti, wudese
• Finnish: amazoninkapokkipuu
• French: fromager (fr) m
• Fula: bantineewi
• German: Kapokbaum (de) m, weißer Kapokbaum m, weißer Seidenwollbaum m, Seidenwollbaum m
• Gourmanchéma: púgúnbu
• Japanese: パンヤノキ (pan'ya-no-ki), カポック (kapokku), インドキワタ (indo-kiwata)
• Kasem: guŋu
• Malayalam: പഞ്ഞിമരം (ml) (paññimaraṁ), ഇലവ് (ml) (ilavŭ)
• Mamara Senoufo: sheŋɛ
• Moore: gʋnga
• Nawdm: gumb
• Soninke: bantinŋe
• Sranan Tongo: kankantri
• Swedish: kapok (sv) c
• Vietnamese: bông gòn, gòn (vi)
• Yoruba: ẹ̀gungun, àràbà, egigun

Bombax ceiba

• Arabic: شَجَر كَابُوك m (šajar kābūk)
• Assamese: শিমলু (ximolu)
• Burmese: လက်ပံ (my) (lakpam)
• Finnish: valkokapokkio
• German: asiatischer Kapokbaum m, indischer Kapokbaum m, roter Seidenwollbaum m, Kapokbaum (de) m, roter Kapokbaum m, asiatischer Kapokbaum m
• Japanese: インドワタノキ (indo-wata-no-ki), キワタ (kiwata), キワタノキ (kiwata-no-ki)
• Soninke: bunquŋe
• Swedish: indiskt dunträd (sv) n
• Thai: งิ้ว (th) (ngíu)
• Turka: bluɔgu
• Vietnamese: gạo (vi)

Cochlospermum gillivraei

Cochlospermum fraseri

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bengali: ^{(please verify)} শিমুল (bn) (śimul), ^{(please verify)} লাল শিমুল (lal śimul)
• Bikol Central: ^{(please verify)} kayo (bcl)
• Braj: ^{(please verify)} सेमर (semar)
• Catalan: arbre del cotó
• Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} taglinaw, ^{(please verify)} duldol, ^{(please verify)} durol, ^{(please verify)} kapok (rare)
• Cerma: ^{(please verify)} tiriiŋgu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 木棉 (zh) (mùmián)

• Classical Nahuatl: ^{(please verify)} pōchōtl
• Dyula: ^{(please verify)} bumu
• French: ^{(please verify)} fromager (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} kapokier (fr) m
• Gourmanchéma: ^{(please verify)} fùòbu
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} सेमल (hi) (semal)
• Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ಬೂರಗ (kn) (būraga)
• Kasem: ^{(please verify)} kafʋrʋ
• Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} പൂള (ml) (pūḷa), ^{(please verify)} മുള്ളിലവ് (ml) (muḷḷilavŭ)
• Manipuri: ^{(please verify)} ꯇꯦꯔꯥ (terā)
• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} सांवर (sāuvar), ^{(please verify)} काटेसांवर (kāṭesāuvar)
• Moore: ^{(please verify)} voaaka, ^{(please verify)} vaaka
• Nawdm: ^{(please verify)} voog̈b
• Nepali: ^{(please verify)} सिमल (simal)
• Odia: ^{(please verify)} ଶିମୁଳି (or) (śimuḷi)
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} paineira f
• Punjabi: ^{(please verify)} ਸਿੰਬਲ (pa) (simbal)
• Sanskrit: ^{(please verify)} शल्मलि (sa) (śalmali), ^{(please verify)} शिम्बल (sa) (śimbala)
• Santali: ^{(please verify)} ᱥᱤᱢᱲᱤ (simṛi)
• Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} ඉඹුල් (iᵐbul)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} ceiba (es) f, ^{(please verify)} kapok m, ^{(please verify)} capoc m, ^{(please verify)} pochote m (Mexico), ^{(please verify)} bonga (es) f (Colombia), ^{(please verify)} lupuna f (Peruvian Amazon)
• Sylheti: ^{(please verify)} ꠢꠤꠝꠟ (himol)
• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} buboy
• Tal: ^{(please verify)} kɨɨy
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} கோங்கு (ta) (kōṅku), ^{(please verify)} முள்ளிலவு (ta) (muḷḷilavu), ^{(please verify)} இலவு (ta) (ilavu)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} బూరుగ (te) (būruga)
• Vame: ^{(please verify)} bəlgam
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} gạo (vi)

Further reading

• kapok tree (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia