manbo
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Of African origin, perhaps from Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”), plural of diàmbu (“word”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mãbo/
Descendants
- → English: mambo
See also
References
- “mambo”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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