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Kibhaku

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 115

Portuguese spellingKibaku

Word formsIbhakuplural · candidate · corpus spelling “ibhaku” ×402

Definitions

  1. 1
    Stool placed under the feet. Footstool; footrest.

    PT Banco que se coloca debaixo dos pés. Estrado; escabelo; supedâneo.·FR Banc placé sous les pieds. Marchepied; escabeau; suppédané.

    Seen in the folk-tales

    • Uia kuà mu bekela, anga u mu ambela: "Kisutu kié kiki, ni mona a hombo ia muhatu; ubange ué ki kibaku kié."He went to bring them to him, and said to him: "Here is your he-goat, with the young she-goat; so that you too may raise your own herd."XXVI · told by Francisco P. dos Santos Vandunem, a blind but gentlemanly old man of Loanda's native aristocracy, said to descend from a royal line of the A-Luá-lunga or A-bidi tribe.
  2. 2
    Wooden seat; stool.

    PT Assento de pau; mocho.·FR Siège en bois; tabouret.

  3. 3
    Platform; support. Stool.

    PT Palanque; suporte. Tamborete.·FR Palanche; support. Tabouret.

  4. 4
    Domestic animal. Slave.

    PT Animal doméstico. Escravo.·FR Animal domestique. Esclave.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 115 (left)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected