manbo in Haitian Creole

IPA: /mãbo/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Of African origin, perhaps from Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”), plural of diàmbu (“word”). Etymology templates: {{der|ht|kg|màmbu|t=conversation, ritual negotiation}} Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”) Head templates: {{head|ht|noun}} manbo

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mambo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mambo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mambo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ht",
        "2": "kg",
        "3": "màmbu",
        "t": "conversation, ritual negotiation"
      },
      "expansion": "Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of African origin, perhaps from Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”), plural of diàmbu (“word”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ht",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "manbo",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Haitian Creole",
  "lang_code": "ht",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ht",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "ht:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ht",
          "name": "Voodoo",
          "orig": "ht:Voodoo",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "priestess"
      ],
      "id": "en-manbo-ht-noun-Z8JoGljK",
      "links": [
        [
          "voodoo",
          "voodoo"
        ],
        [
          "priestess",
          "priestess"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "voodoo",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(voodoo) priestess"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "oungan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mãbo/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "manbo"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mambo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mambo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mambo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ht",
        "2": "kg",
        "3": "màmbu",
        "t": "conversation, ritual negotiation"
      },
      "expansion": "Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of African origin, perhaps from Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”), plural of diàmbu (“word”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ht",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "manbo",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Haitian Creole",
  "lang_code": "ht",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "oungan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header",
        "Haitian Creole lemmas",
        "Haitian Creole nouns",
        "Haitian Creole terms derived from Kongo",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ht:Occupations",
        "ht:Voodoo"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "priestess"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "voodoo",
          "voodoo"
        ],
        [
          "priestess",
          "priestess"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "voodoo",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(voodoo) priestess"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mãbo/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "manbo"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Haitian Creole dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (9c82c1c and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"manbo" meaning in Haitian Creole

Noun