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)
- 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