taboa

See also: táboa and tabôa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

tabôa, tabua, tabúa (obsolete)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin form of Latin buda still retaining the Berber singulative formans ta-.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈbo.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈbo.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈbo.ɐ/ [tɐˈβo.ɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈbo.(w)ɐ/ [tɐˈβo.(w)ɐ]

Noun

taboa f (plural taboas)

southern cattail (Typha domingensis, a reed native to tropical and temperate regions worldwide)

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