Portuguese spellingRiselembe
Definitions
- 1Small axe; hatchet.
PT Machadinha.·FR Petite hache ; hachette.
Seen in the folk-tales
- O muene, Kalunga-ngombe, ukatula o diselembe diê pala ku mu tadiu.He, Kalunga-ngombe, raises his hatchet to throw it at him.L · told by Senhor Sant' Anna e Palma
- Mu amenemene ka selu, ukatula uta mu onzo iê, ni patonona, ni diselembe, ni hunia; ukuata mu kuenda, katé ku bata dia kaveia.In the morning early, he takes the gun from his house, and a cartridge-box, and hatchet, and club; he begins to walk, up to the house of the old one.XXII · told by The same informant as No. II