mambun.

Brit.

/ˈmambuː/, U.S.

/ˈmæmbu/

Forms: 1500s– mambu, 1700s mombu.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese mambu.

Etymology: < Portuguese †mambu (16th cent.), apparently < a Dravidian language; compare Kannada bambu , Tamil vampu , and Malayalam vampu . Compare French mambu (1659 in the passages translated in quots. 1662¹) and bamboo n.A form with initial m- has not been traced in any language of India, despite being attributed to the inhabitants of India by Portuguese writers of the 16th cent. such as Garcia de Orta and Christoval d'Acosta; compare also:1596 J. H. van Linschoten Itinerario lviii. 82/2 Oock is op alle de custe van Malabar veel dick riet, en principalijck aende custe van Choramandel, welck riet wordt vande Indianen Mambu genaempt, en vande Portugesen Bambu. For further discussion see bamboo n., and H. Yule and A. C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson (1886) at bamboo.

rare.

= bamboo n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > bamboo and allies

cane1398

Indian cane1578

bamboo1598

mambu1598

cane-brake1770

cane grass1827

switch cane1845

metake1896

bamboo-grass1909

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lxviii. 104/2 These Mambus have a certain matter within them..a very medicinable thing..much sought for by the Arabians, Persians, and Moores, that call it Tabaxiir.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 149 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors A sort of Canes, by the Iavians called Mambu.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 149 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors On the Coast of Malabar [etc.] this sort of Cane produces a drug called Sacar Mambus, that is, Sugar of Mambu.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. ii. 223 Part of a sort of Mambu, a great Indian Cane. In Bauhinus's Pinax called Arundo Arbor.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. ii. 225 That the Sugar of the Ancients was the simple Concreted Juyce of a Cane, He Well conjectures: and what is above-said of the Mambu, may argue as much.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 384/1 A substance called Tabaxir, or sugar of Mombu.

1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities ii. 14 Do you know where sugar comes from?.. Most mambu juice (that's what it's called in certain parts of the world) is shipped from Hispaniola.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mambu
释义	mambun. Brit. /ˈmambuː/, U.S. /ˈmæmbu/ Forms: 1500s– mambu, 1700s mombu. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese mambu. Etymology: < Portuguese †mambu (16th cent.), apparently < a Dravidian language; compare Kannada bambu , Tamil vampu , and Malayalam vampu . Compare French mambu (1659 in the passages translated in quots. 1662¹) and bamboo n.A form with initial m- has not been traced in any language of India, despite being attributed to the inhabitants of India by Portuguese writers of the 16th cent. such as Garcia de Orta and Christoval d'Acosta; compare also:1596 J. H. van Linschoten Itinerario lviii. 82/2 Oock is op alle de custe van Malabar veel dick riet, en principalijck aende custe van Choramandel, welck riet wordt vande Indianen Mambu genaempt, en vande Portugesen Bambu. For further discussion see bamboo n., and H. Yule and A. C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson (1886) at bamboo. rare. = bamboo n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > tropical > bamboo and allies cane1398 Indian cane1578 bamboo1598 mambu1598 cane-brake1770 cane grass1827 switch cane1845 metake1896 bamboo-grass1909 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lxviii. 104/2 These Mambus have a certain matter within them..a very medicinable thing..much sought for by the Arabians, Persians, and Moores, that call it Tabaxiir. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 149 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors A sort of Canes, by the Iavians called Mambu. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 149 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors On the Coast of Malabar [etc.] this sort of Cane produces a drug called Sacar Mambus, that is, Sugar of Mambu. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. ii. 223 Part of a sort of Mambu, a great Indian Cane. In Bauhinus's Pinax called Arundo Arbor. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. ii. 225 That the Sugar of the Ancients was the simple Concreted Juyce of a Cane, He Well conjectures: and what is above-said of the Mambu, may argue as much. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 384/1 A substance called Tabaxir, or sugar of Mombu. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities ii. 14 Do you know where sugar comes from?.. Most mambu juice (that's what it's called in certain parts of the world) is shipped from Hispaniola. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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