boubou
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa.
Example Sentences
- "Yedjo is dressed in a black boubou and carries a saber in his left hand, its copper handle in the form of a vulture's head."
- "In Bamako’s thriving market, a group of moneychangers in brightly colored boubous, the traditional robes worn here, said that Moussa Magassa, who owns the house in the Bronx where his family and the Soumares lived and who lost five children in the blaze, stopped by once or twice a year on his trips home to Mali and was well known in the community."
Etymology
From French boubou, from Wolof mbubb.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: boubou, mbubb