baobab
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).
Inflected forms:
form: baobabs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
pos: noun
gloss: Any tree of the genus Adansonia.
pos: noun
Translations:
lang: Aja (West Africa)
word: lagba
lang: Afrikaans
word: kremetart
lang: Albanian
word: baobab
lang: Amharic
word: ባምባ
roman: bamba
lang: Arabic
word: أَبُو حِبَاب
roman: ʔabū ḥibāb
lang: Arabic
word: بُوحِبَاب
roman: būḥibāb
lang: Arabic
word: بَاوْبَاب
roman: bāwbāb
lang: Arabic
word: تِبِلْدِيّ
roman: tibildiyy
lang: Armenian
word: բաոբաբ
roman: baobab
lang: Bacama
word: kàwə̀y
lang: Bambara
word: zirasun
lang: Bambara
word: nsirasun
lang: Bana
word: kwə́kwə̀
lang: Bassari
word: a-màk
lang: Beja
word: dilli
lang: Boghom
word: mbùɣdi
lang: Bura
word: kwàgu
lang: Catalan
word: baobab
lang: Cerma
word: cuɔle
lang: Chichewa
word: mlambe
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 猴麵包樹 /猴面包树
roman: hóu miànbāo shù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 猢猻樹 /猢狲树
roman: húsūn shù
lang: Chumburung
word: ke̱lɛɛ
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: mɓuu
lang: Czech
word: baobab
lang: Dagbani
word: tua
lang: Danish
word: baobab
lang: Danish
word: baobabtræ
lang: Danish
word: abebrødtræ
lang: Dendi
word: kɔ̀ɔ̀
lang: Dii
word: ɓoggò
lang: Dinka
word: dungwol
lang: Duhwa
word: sisiky
lang: Dutch
word: baobab
lang: Dutch
word: apenbroodboom
lang: Ifè
word: otsè
lang: Esperanto
word: baobabo
lang: Ewe
word: àdìdó
lang: Farefare
word: tʋ'a
lang: Finnish
word: apinanleipäpuu
lang: French
word: baobab
lang: Fula
word: 𞤩𞤮𞤳𞥆𞤭
lang: Fula
word: ɓokki
lang: Ga
word: sààlò
lang: Gbaya
word: ɓoko
lang: Saxwe Gbe
word: dindɔntin
lang: German
word: Affenbrotbaum
lang: Gonja
word: kelara
lang: Gourmanchéma
word: tuobu
lang: Greek
word: μπαομπάμπ
roman: baompámp
lang: Gudu
word: bœ́ːzò
lang: Gusilay
word: bubak
lang: Hadza
word: nxobâkho
lang: Hausa
word: kūkā̀
lang: Hausa
word: mùrnàà
lang: Hausa
word: ɓákkô
lang: Hebrew
word: בָּאוֹבַּבּ
roman: baobáb
lang: Hungarian
word: majomkenyérfa
lang: Icelandic
word: apabrauðstré
lang: Ikizu
word: umwandʉ
lang: Italian
word: baobab
lang: Japanese
word: バオバブ
roman: baobabu
lang: Javanese
word: asem
lang: Javanese
word: asem buta
lang: Kabiye
word: teluu
lang: Kamba
word: mwamba
lang: Kanuri
word: kuwa
lang: Karang
word: ɓoko
lang: Kasem
word: tiu
lang: Kazakh
word: баобаб
roman: baobab
lang: Kimbundu
word: mbondo
lang: Kirya-Konzel
word: kúkù
lang: Konkomba
word: litur
lang: Korean
word: 바오바브
roman: baobabeu
lang: Kusaal
word: tɛ'ɛg
lang: Labir
word: mwoɗo
lang: Lagwan
word: kuka
lang: Lomwe
word: mulampi
lang: Maasai
word: ol-mesera
lang: Malagasy
word: bontana
lang: Malagasy
word: bontona
lang: Malagasy
word: fontana
lang: Malagasy
word: vontana
lang: Malagasy
word: vontona
lang: Mangas
word: ɓoko
lang: Mankanya
word: bedôal
lang: Margi
word: guʔu
lang: Mbelime
word: todìbù
lang: Mbuko
word: kuko
lang: Mende (Sierra Leone)
word: gbowulo
lang: Miya
word: də̀mbǝr
lang: Moba
word: tuolg
lang: Moore
word: tεεga
lang: Moore
word: toɛɛga
lang: Mpiemo
word: dumɔ
lang: Mubi
word: ɗèbéldí
lang: Mundat
word: àŋgwâ
lang: Musey
word: kɔŋgona
lang: Muyang
word: kokurmbana
lang: Nawdm
word: tod
lang: Nawdm
word: torgo
lang: Northern Ndebele
word: umkhomo
lang: Ngizim
word: kuku
lang: Ntcham
word: ditul
lang: Nuer
word: kusha
lang: Podoko
word: huhuwá
lang: Polish
word: baobab
lang: Portuguese
word: embondeiro
lang: Portuguese
word: baobá
lang: Portuguese
word: calabaceira
lang: Romanian
word: baobab
lang: Russian
word: баоба́б
roman: baobáb
lang: Southern Samo
word: kɔ̈n
lang: Senufo Djimini
word: sogbɔ
lang: Senufo Mamara
word: zhiga
lang: Senufo Supyire
word: zhɛngɛ̀
lang: Serer
word: ɓaak
lang: Somali
word: yag
lang: Soninke
word: kide
lang: Spanish
word: baobab
lang: Sundanese
word: ki tambleg
lang: Susu
word: kiri
lang: Swahili
word: mbuyu
lang: Tal
word: toniin
lang: Tambas
word: tɔri
lang: Tamil
word: பெருக்கமரம்
roman: perukkamaram
lang: Tamil
word: பப்பரப்புளி
roman: papparappuḷi
lang: Tampulma
word: sɔkil
lang: Tsonga
word: ximuwu
lang: Tswana
word: movana
lang: Turka
word: cuɔli
lang: Turkish
word: baobap
lang: Vame
word: kwakwa
lang: Venda
word: muvhuyu
lang: Vietnamese
word: bao báp
lang: Waama
word: tooribu
lang: Warji
word: dumburna
lang: Wè Western
word: go
lang: Wolof
word: guy
lang: Yoruba
word: oṣè
lang: Zulgo-Gemzek
word: matakwamburzum
lang: Zulu
word: isiMuhu