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Inguanji

Noun class IIInounadjectiveNeeds reviewplural · page 64

Definitions

  1. 1
    • Tribe of starving brigands who plagued the settlements
    • Group of individuals who, stricken by hunger, attacked and devoured whatever they could reach.

    PT Tribo de salteadores famintos que infestavam as povoações · Grupo de indivíduos que assolados pela fome assaltavam e tragavam o que alcançassem.·FR Tribu de brigands affamés qui infestaient les villages · Groupe d'individus que la famine poussait à attaquer et à avaler tout ce qu'ils trouvaient.

    • ki ejile o nzala ia inguanji
  2. 2
    • Sordid, emaciated and poorly fed men
    • fig. Spectres
    • Ghosts.

    PT Homens sórdidos, esgravitados e mal alimentados · fig. Espectros · Fantasmas.·FR Hommes sordides, décharnés et mal nourris · fig. Spectres · Fantômes.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 64 (left)