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6-letter words (1 found)

BOUBOU,

4-letter words (4 found)

BOBO,BOOB,BUBO,BUBU,

3-letter words (4 found)

BOB,BOO,BUB,OBO,

2-letter words (4 found)

BO,OB,OO,OU,

You can make 13 words from boubou according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of boubou

boubou

Etymology

From French boubou, from Wolof mbubb. The bird name is onomatopoeic.

Noun

boubou (plural boubous)

  1. A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa.
    Synonym: agbada
  2. Any of certain species of birds in the bushshrike genus Laniarius.

Derived terms

  • Albertine sooty boubou

Translations

See also

  • brubru (“bird in the bushshrike family of the species Nilaus afer”)

Further reading

  • boubou (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Laniarius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Laniarius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Wolof mbubb.

Pronunciation

Noun

boubou m (plural boubous)

  1. boubou (African robe)

Descendants

  • → English: boubou

Further reading

  • “boubou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org