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Dikixi

Noun class IVnounReviewedpage 346

Portuguese spellingRikixi

Word formsmákilxiplural · source-attested

Definitions

  1. 1
    • Dwarf; pygmy
    • Small man with a large head.

    PT Anão; pigmeu · Homem pequeno de cabeça grande.·FR Nain; pygmée · Homme petit à grosse tête.

    Seen in the folk-tales

    • Dikixi diafu.The Di-kishi died.VIII · told by Musoki, a young Mu-suku man
    • Dikixi u mu zangula; ueminia.The Di-kishi takes him up; he swallows him.VIII · told by Musoki, a young Mu-suku man
  2. 2
    • Hydra
    • Monster.

    PT Hidra · Monstro·FR Hydre · Monstre.

    pl. mákilxi
  3. 3
    fig. Outsider; ignorant person.

    PT fig. Forasteiro; ignorante.·FR fig. Étranger; ignorant.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 346 (right)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected