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Hôlwa

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Hôlwa

Portuguese spellingHolua

adjectivenounReviewed
Class IXAnimals, things, people, foreign languages, etc...

Definitions

  1. 1
    • Drunkard
    • Person who drinks excessively, who gives themselves over to drunkenness
    • Drunk. fig. Fool.

In the same topic

Emotion & feeling
  • Habu— Licentious; dissolute; libertine | Given to vice | Prostitut
  • Kakorio-kerio— Greedy: insatiable. | Avid (in drinking). | Ambitious: impat
  • Nduandua— Scoundrel; rogue; rascal; person who commits licentious acts
  • Luhalakaka— (VI) Character of a greedy person. | Greed. | Avidity. | adj
  • Lutulungungu— Avidity; craving . Character of a greedy person.
  • Rinyota— Thirst; need to drink. fig. Desire for revenge.
  • Káxu— Contempt; scorn; mockery | Object of contempt. | Derision.
  • Uélu— Miserliness. | State of a person who gives nothing | Stingin
  • Muzonde— Discourager. | One who causes discouragement, loss of spirit
  • Élu— Said of uncharitable people; who do not give (alms); miserly
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