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Yangu

Noun class IIInounReviewedplural · page 58

Portuguese spellingIângu

Definitions

  1. 1
    • Common and generic name for various annual or perennial plants, grasses, sedges or forage plants, which dry out after fruiting (andropogon amulatus).
    • Grass.
    • Wild plant of uncultivated land
    • Coarse grass
    • Lawn grass
    • Land covered with grass.

    PT Nome vulgar e genérico de várias plantas, anuais ou vivazes, gramíneas, ciperáceas ou forraginosas, que secam depois da frutificação (andropogon amulatus). · Erva. · Planta espontânea de terreno inculto · Capim · Relva · Terreno coberto de relva.·FR Nom vulgaire et générique de diverses plantes, annuelles ou vivaces, graminées, cypéracées ou fourragères, qui sèchent après la fructification (andropogon amulatus). · Herbe. · Plante spontanée de terrain inculte · Herbe grossière · Gazon · Terrain couvert de gazon.

    Seen in the folk-tales

    • Uai mu iangu; uazeka.He went into the bush; he slept.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
    • Bu akexile sanzala anga busabuka iangu.Where there had been a village, grass then sprouted up.IX · told by One of Chatelain's Sunday-school boys at Loanda, unnamed
  2. 2
    Husks; coverings of fruits, capsules, etc.

    PT Cascas; invólucros de frutas, cápsulas, etc.·FR Cosses; enveloppes de fruits, capsules, etc.

  3. 3
    • Quantity of dry tree leaves
    • Chaff
    • Hay
    • Fodder
    • Pasture.

    PT Quantidade de folhas de árvore secas · Cascabulho · Feno · Forragem · Pasto.·FR Quantité de feuilles d'arbre sèches · Balle (de céréales) · Foin · Fourrage · Pâturage.

  4. 4
    • Sweepings
    • What is gathered by sweeping
    • Dust
    • Straw
    • Rubbish.

    PT Varreduras · O que se recolhe varrendo · Cisco · Palha · Lixo.·FR Balayures · Ce que l'on ramasse en balayant · Poussière · Paille · Ordures.

  5. 5
    V. kauéue.

    PT V. kauéue.·FR V. kauéue.

  6. 6
    • medicinal plant of the Asteraceae family better known as 'herva Santa Maria'.
    • Ambrosia.

    PT planta medicinal da família das ambrosiáceas mais conhecida por «herva Santa Maria». · Ambrósia.·FR plante médicinale de la famille des ambrosiées plus connue sous le nom de « herva Santa Maria ». · Ambroisie.

  7. 7
    Ambrosia-like plants.

    PT Plantas ambrosióides.·FR Plantes ambrosioides.

  8. 8
    • Grassland
    • Grassy land
    • Ground where coarse grass grows.

    PT Capinzal · Terra de capim · Terreno onde cresce capim.·FR Prairie herbeuse · Terre à herbe · Terrain où pousse l'herbe grossière.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 58 (right)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected