Bolo
[ˈboʊloʊ]Meaning
recorded as a masculine given name in Indonesian; in English, a heavy machete
Background Story
A user-submitted entry records Bolo as a masculine given name in Indonesian. In English the word denotes a long, heavy, single-edged machete, and Hunsrik takes bolo as an unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese.
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