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Tây Bồi

Tây Bồi proper noun: an extinct French pidgin formerly spoken in Vietnam, especially by servants during the colonial era.

Proper noun

Tây Bồi

  1. An extinct French pidgin formerly spoken in Vietnam, especially by servants during the colonial era.

Origin of Tây Bồi

Borrowed from Vietnamese Tây Bồi, from tây (“Western, especially French”) + bồi (“servant”), probably ultimately from English boy.

Questions about Tây Bồi

What does Tây Bồi mean?
Tây Bồi means an extinct French pidgin formerly spoken in Vietnam, especially by servants during the colonial era.
What part of speech is Tây Bồi?
Tây Bồi is a proper noun.

Words near Tây Bồi in the dictionary

  1. Târnava
  2. Târnava Mare
  3. Târnava Mică
  4. Târnova
  5. Târnăveni
  6. Tây Bồi
  7. Tây Ninh
  8. tänzelcore
  9. tædious
  10. tædium
  11. tædium vitæ

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