Portuguese spellingIvuenu
Definitions
- 1
- Listen! Silence!
- Attention.
PT Ouçam! Silêncio! · Atenção.·FR Écoutez ! Silence ! · Attention.
Seen in the folk-tales
- Atu ëxi: "Ivuenu o jimbua jala mu kuimba. Eie, Ndala ia kota, ndenge é uendele ni ê, ua mu jiba. O jimbua jê ja tu tangela."The people say: "Hear the dogs are singing! Thou, Ndala the elder, thy younger thou wentest with him, thou hast killed him! His dogs, they told us!"XII · told by Jelemía dia Sabatelu.
- Kimenemene, diiala uatumu kuixana akuâ mu sanzala; atena. Diiala uxi: "Enu, akuetu, ivuenu ki ngizuela; mukonda ngandala kufua ami. O kalunga kami, kî mu ka tukumuke."In the morning, the man sent word to call the other people of the village; they all came. The man said: "You, our people, listen to what I am about to say, for I am going to die. Do not hold my death against anyone."XXXIX · told by Jelemía dia Sabatelu.