okoumé
French
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from certain Gabonese Bantu (cf. Myene, Viya, and Tsogo okumé).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]okoumé m (plural okoumés)
- Aucoumea klaineana, an African hardwood
Descendants
[edit]- → English: okoume
References
[edit]- ^ Raponda-Walker, André, Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon[1], page 110
Further reading
[edit]- “okoumé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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