ಸಾಬೂನು

Kannada

Etymology

From Portuguese sabão, itself from Old Portuguese sabon, sabõ, from Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Noun

ಸಾಬೂನು • (sābūnu)

  1. soap

References
  • “ಸಾಬೂನು”, in Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2013, →ISBN, page 926
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