baboe

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaːbu/ Hyphenation: ba‧boe === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”) (cf. wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”)). Compare Portuguese babo. ==== Noun ==== baboe f (plural baboes, diminutive baboetje n) (Netherlands, Indonesia, historical) amah, ayah; a native Indonesian woman employed as a wet nurse, nanny and/or maid by Europeans in the former Dutch East Indies ===== Derived terms ===== zeebaboe === Etymology 2 === Ultimately from Hindi बाबू (bābū). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. ==== Noun ==== baboe ? (plural baboes, diminutive baboetje n) babu == Indonesian == === Noun === baboe (plural baboe-baboe) (1901–1947) superseded spelling of babu (“housemaid”) == Old French == === Alternative forms === baboue babou babau baboye babaye === Etymology === From the imitative root *bab-, similar to English bah!. === Noun === baboe f moue, grimace bogeyman fable, bagatelle ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Peranakan Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”) (cf. wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”)). === Noun === baboe servant ...baboe dan koki boeat menjaksiken bahoea ia poenja otak miring. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) === References ===