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Dikunda

Noun class IVnounReviewedpage 348

Portuguese spellingRikunda

Word formsMakundaplural · candidate · corpus spelling “makunda” ×3

Definitions

1
Side; back; loin. The part of the garment that covers the back.
PT Costado; dorso; lombo. A parte do vestuário que cobre as costas.·FR Côté; dos; lombes. La partie du vêtement qui couvre le dos.
Seen in the folk-tales
- Za ngibànde ku dikunda dié!"Let me get on your back!"XXVIII · told by João Borges Cezar
- Uxikama boxi; uate-bu o dikunda; uxi muezu-bu.He sits down on the ground; he puts down his hat there; he says he greets him.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu