2 entry variants

Dibala

Noun class IVnounReviewedpage 340

1
Bald patch.
PT Calva.·FR Calvitie ; tonsure.
Seen in the folk-tales
- O holome anga uambela uko' é: "Muadi é, ndoko túazeke etu; mukonda kuala dieji dia dibala té! di tu banga kiaiiba bu kanga, bu tuala."The son-in-law then tells his father-in-law: "O sir, let us go to sleep; for there is a moonlight of bald-head shine that will do us harm outside, where we are."XLIV · told by Francisco P. dos Santos Vandunem
2
Acomia; baldness.
PT Acomia; calvície.·FR Acomie ; calvitie.
3
adj. Bald-headed; bald.
PT adj. Careca; calvo.·FR adj. Chauve; sans cheveux.
- Mukua ribala

Dibála

Noun class IVnounReviewedpage 341

Word formsmabálaplural · source-attested

1
botany
Climbing shrub, family Leguminosae, with edible fruit.
PT Arbusto trepador, família das leguminosas, de fruto comestível.·FR Arbuste grimpant, famille des légumineuses, à fruit comestible.
pl. mabála