bobo

a word from vocabulary Selice Romani by Viktor Elšík  
Word form bobo
LWT meaning(s)
Czech translation kukuřice
Hungarian translation kukorica
Grammatical info noun, masculine
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age South Slavic L2 [9] (1300–1750)
Etymological note The semantic shift ‘bean’ > ‘maize’ is shared by a number of Romani dialects (e.g. all the South Central dialects, but also Gurbet and Bugurdži)
Boretzky & Igla's etymology 33: bobo(s) ‘maize’: Gurbet < Rumanian bob, Bugurdži < Slavic bob ‘Bohne, Korn’
Mānušs et al. etymology 34: bobos ‘bean, beans; haricots, haricot beans’ < Slavic: Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian bob, Polish bób, boby
Vekerdi's etymology 37: < Slavic bob ‘bean’