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badiu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ba-diu
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Cape Verdean ethnic group native to the island of Santiago.

name

The Cape Verdean Crioulo language spoken on Santiago Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Sotavento branch of Crioulo.

Etymology

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu badiu, from Portuguese vadio (“vagrant”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: badiu, vadio

Inflected Forms

Bádiu (alternative)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Kabuverdianu terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Kabuverdianu terms Crioulo

Synonyms

Santiago Crioulo

Questions

What does badiu mean?
Cape Verdean ethnic group native to the island of Santiago.
Where does badiu come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

How to pronounce badiu

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