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tebu

Pronunciation: /təbu/

“tebu” is a Malay word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. sugar cane (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *təbu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (compare Chamorro tupu, Fijian dovu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

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