okoumé
French
okoumé
Etymology
Borrowed from certain Gabonese Bantu (cf. Myene, Viya, and Tsogo okumé).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.ku.me/
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Noun
okoumé m (plural okoumés)
- Aucoumea klaineana, an African hardwood
Descendants
- → English: okoume
References
- Raponda-Walker, André; Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon, page 110
Further reading
- “okoumé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.