Where does “baboe” come from?
baboe (Dutch) comes from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ, from Kawi babu, from Proto-Mon-Khmer (ʔ)boʔ — mother.
baboe (Dutch): a female babysitter, usually of Indonesian...
Definitions
- a female babysitter, usually of Indonesian...
Ancestry of “baboe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦧꦧꦸ | — |
| 2 | Kawi | babu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | (ʔ)boʔ | mother |
Words derived from “baboe”