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baboe.

amah, ayah; a native Indonesian woman employed as a wet nurse, nanny and/or maid by Europeans in the former Dutch East Indies

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaːbu/
  1. amah, ayah; a native Indonesian woman employed as a wet nurse, nanny and/or maid by Europeans in the former Dutch East Indies

    Indonesia · Netherlands · feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”) (cf. wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”)). Compare Portuguese babo.

noun/ˈbaːbu/
  1. babu

Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Hindi बाबू (bābū).

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