bâmbi

See also: bambi, Bambi, and BAMBI

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu mbámbi.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɐ̃.bi/

  • Homophone: bambi (unadapted spelling)
  • Hyphenation: bâm‧bi

Noun

bâmbi m (plural bâmbis)

  1. fawn of a gazelle or doe
  2. common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)
    • 2015 January 29, David Grossman, O livro da gramática interior‎[1], Editora Companhia das Letras, →ISBN:
      Contou-nos uma história que ele inventou sobre o motivo de os bâmbis serem marrons.
      He told us a story he made up about why common duikers are brown.

References

  1. ^ “bâmbi”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “bâmbi”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
  3. ^ “bâmbi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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