zébu

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See also: zebu, Zebu, and zebù

French

Etymology

Probably from Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, male offspring of a female cow and yak bull), from Classical Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, from མཛོ (mdzo, cow and yak hybrid) +‎ པོ (po, suffix for males)); or, from a similar Tibeto-Burman source, such as Tibetan ཟེ་བ (ze ba, zebu or camel's hump).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ze.by/
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Noun

zébu m (plural zébus, feminine zébue or zébute)

  1. zebu

Descendants

  • English: zebu
  • Portuguese: zebu

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