"baboe" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbaːbu/ Audio: Nl-baboe.ogg Forms: baboes [plural], baboetje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), from Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”) (cf. wawuh (“familiar, acquainted”)). Compare Portuguese babo. Etymology templates: {{bor+|nl|jv|ꦧꦧꦸ|lit=mother|t=female servant}} Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ (babu, “female servant”, literally “mother”), {{der|nl|kaw|babu|t=mother; older servant}} Old Javanese babu (“mother; older servant”), {{cog|pt|babo}} Portuguese babo Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|baboes|+}} baboe f (plural baboes, diminutive baboetje n)
  1. (Netherlands, Indonesia, historical) amah, ayah; a native Indonesian woman employed as a wet nurse, nanny and/or maid by Europeans in the former Dutch East Indies Tags: Indonesia, Netherlands, feminine, historical Derived forms: zeebaboe
    Sense id: en-baboe-nl-noun-YETK-9lw Categories (other): Indonesian Dutch, Netherlands Dutch, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 67 2 25 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 1 28 1 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaːbu/ Audio: Nl-baboe.ogg Forms: baboes [plural], baboetje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Ultimately from Hindi बाबू (bābū). Etymology templates: {{der|nl|hi|बाबू}} Hindi बाबू (bābū) Head templates: {{nl-noun||baboes|+}} baboe ? (plural baboes, diminutive baboetje n)
  1. babu
    Sense id: en-baboe-nl-noun-Kim3vtvd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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