Portuguese spellingRiémbu
Definitions
- 1Tribe.
PT Tribo.·FR Tribu.
Seen in the folk-tales
- Ki akexile kia mu bixila ku bata, o muhatu ê uendele ku mu kauidila n' akua-diembu diê.When he was already about to arrive home, his wife went to meet him with her neighbors.IV · told by João Borges Cezar, a nephew of the No. I informant of the same name
- O mbiji ki iabile, o muhatu anga udidika malonga matanu anga ukuvitila o diiala n' akua-diembu diê.When the fish was done, the woman prepared five plates, and invited the man and her neighbors.IV · told by João Borges Cezar, a nephew of the No. I informant of the same name
- 2Group of people from a village or neighbourhood.
PT Conjunto de pessoas de uma povoação ou bairro.·FR Ensemble de personnes d'un village ou d'un quartier.
- 3Mukua—adj. e sub. Fellow countryman.
PT Mukua—adj. e sub. Conterrâneo.·FR Mukua—adj. e sub. Compatriote.
- 4Parochial; locally partisan.
PT Bairrista.·FR Chauvin de quartier.