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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Onomatopoeic word. Not related to βαίνω (baínō, “to walk”). Compare also βαβάζω (babázō, “to speak inarticulately”) and βάβάλον (bábálon, “bawler, shouter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bam.bǎi̯.nɔː/ → /βamˈbɛ.no/ → /vamˈbe.no/
Verb
βᾰμβαίνω • (bambaínō)
- to chatter with the teeth, stammer
Inflection
Further reading
- “βαμβαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βαμβαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βαμβαίνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βαμβαίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαμβαίνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βαμβαίνω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN