samba
Portuguese
/ˈsɐ̃.bɐ/
noun
Definitions
- samba Brazilian genre of music and dance
Etymology
Derived from Kongo semba (belly-bump).
Origin
Kongo
semba
Gloss
belly-bump
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- samba English
- sambadrome English
- karnevaalisamba Finnish
- samba Finnish
- Samba German
- Sambatänzer German
- samba Italian
- sambodromo Italian
- samba French
- sambodrome French
- самба Russian
- samba Spanish, Castilian
- sambódromo Spanish, Castilian
- sambar Portuguese
- sambódromo Portuguese
- samba Swedish
- サンボードロモ Japanese
- samba Polish
- samba Czech
- σαμποδρόμιο Greek (modern)
- 桑巴 Chinese
- semba Kongo