Portuguese spellingRizanga
Word formsmázangaplural · source-attested · corpus spelling “mazanga” ×2
Definitions
- 1Lagoon.
PT Lagoa.·FR Lagune.
Seen in the folk-tales
- Ki azubile ku mu nokena utokua, anga u mu texi mu dizanga.When she finished smearing him with ashes, she threw him into a lagoon.IX · told by One of Chatelain's Sunday-school boys at Loanda, unnamed
- Bu dizanga buatundu o njila imoxi; iai ku mu ambela: “Ngana Fenda Madia, ualuka kaujimbe m'a manongonongo, m'a ku bana Ngana Nzambi.”Out of the lake came a bird; it came and said to her: “Lady Fenda Maria, take care that you do not forget the instructions that the Lord God gave you.”I · told by Version A: João Borges Cezar
- 2Quantity of spilled liquid.
PT Quantidade de líquido derramado.·FR Quantité de liquide répandu.
- 3Puddle; lake.
PT Poça; lago.·FR Mare; lac.
pl. mázanga