bentu
See also: běntǔ
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese vento. Cognates with Kabuverdianu bentu.
Noun
bentu
- wind (moving air)
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese vento.
Noun
bentu(Sotavento)
- wind (moving air)
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin ventus (“wind”), from Proto-Italic *wentos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from the root *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbentu/, /ˈβentu/
Noun
bentu m (plural bentos)
- wind
Related terms
- bentosu