Image:Bamboo DSCN2465.jpg|thumb|right|Bamboo.
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English

Etymology
From Malay bambu, mambu

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-bamboo.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. A plant. A grass of the Poeaciae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
2. <!--DefB--> The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
3. a didgeridoo

Derived terms
bamboo man

Translations
<!--DefA-->plant

Albanian:bambu
Chinese traditional/simplified: 竹�,竹� (zhú cái)
Dutch: bamboe n
Finnish: bambu
French: bambou m
Esperanto: bambuo
German: Bambus m
Greek: μ�αμ�ο� n
Hebrew: ����ק (bambuq) m
Italian: bambù m
Indonesian:
:Standard Indonesian: bambu, buluh, eru, aur
:Sundanese: awi
:Banjarese: paring, buluh
mid
Japanese: 竹 (��, take)
Malay: pokok buluh
Portuguese: bambu m
Russian: бамб�к m
Slovene: bambus m
Spanish: bambú m
Tagalog: kawayan
Thai: ��� (phai)

<!--DefB-->wood

Albanian: bambu
Chinese traditional/simplified: 竹�,竹� (zhú zi)
Dutch: bamboe n
Finnish: bambu
German: Bambus m, Bambusrohr n
French: bambou m
Hebrew: ����ק (bambuq) m
Italian: bambù m
mid
Japanese: 竹� (����, takezai)
Portuguese: bambu m
Russian: бамб�к m
Slovene: bambus m
Tagalog: kawayan
Thai: �ม���� (Mai Phai)

Translations to be checked
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The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. It is not currently clear to which sense(s) these translations apply.

ttbc|CJK Characters: 篳, �
ttbc|Isthmus Zapotec: bixiá
ttbc|Korean: ��무

Adjective
bamboo (no compar or superl)

1. <!--DefC-->Made of the wood of the bamboo.

Translations
<!--DefC-->made of bamboo

Chinese traditional/simplified: 竹製�, 竹製� (zhú zhì de)
Dutch: bamboe-
Esperanto: bambua
French: de bambou
Italian: di bambù
Japanese: 竹製� (�����, takesei no)
mid
Polish: bambus m
Russian: бамб�ков�й
Slovene: bambusov m, bambusova f, bambusovo n
Tagalog: kawayan

Category:Malay derivations

Gooniyandi

Etymology
English bamboo#English|bamboo.

Noun
bamboo

1. didgeridoo

Category:English derivations
Category:Gooniyandi nouns
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Mandinka

Noun
bamboo

1. crocodile

Category:Mandinka nouns
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• 2007-12-29 19:18 - Chloejr - checked chinese translation

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