bambooとは意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• bambu (廃れた用法)

語源

Borrowed from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu), variant form of ಬೇವು (bēvu). Cognate with Malayalam വേപ്പ് (vēppŭ), Telugu వేప (vēpa), from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu (“neem”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /bæmˈbu/

名詞

bamboo (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 bamboos)

1. A fast-growing grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the Bambuseae tribe.
2. (uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.
3. (countable) A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used for corporal punishment.
4. (slang) A didgeridoo.
5. (slang) A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

派生語

派生した語

• → Albanian: bambu
• → Finnish: bambu
• → Greek: μπαμπού (bampoú)
• → Guugu Yimidhirr: bambu
• → Russian: бамбу́к (bambúk) (または Dutch bamboe または French bambou) (see there for further descendants)
• → Welsh: bambŵ

形容詞

bamboo (not comparable)

1. Made of the wood of the bamboo.