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Kyene

Noun class IIIadjectiveadverbconjunctionReviewedpage 120

Portuguese spellingKiêne

Definitions

  1. 1
    adjective
    (III) Exact; correct.

    PT (III) Exato; certo.·FR (III) Exact ; certain.

    Seen in the folk-tales

    • Mbeji joso, kiene.The whole month, it is the same.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
    • Izúa ioso kiene.Every day it was thus.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
  2. 2
    adverb
    of affirmation, assent, consent. Yes. Indeed. In this way.

    PT de afirmação, de anuência, de consentimento. Sim. Efetivamente. Desta maneira.·FR d'affirmation, d'assentiment, de consentement. Oui. Effectivement. De cette manière.

  3. 3
    Also indicates surprise, admiration: Ai sim!? Can it be true? Is that possible? Well then.

    PT Também indica surpresa, admiração: Ai sim!? Será verdade? É isso possível? Ora essa.·FR Indique aussi la surprise, l'admiration: Ai sim!? Serait-ce vrai? Est-ce possible? Allons donc.

  4. 4
    loc. adv. It is just so; exactly so. For certain.

    PT loc. adv. É assim mesmo; exatamente assim. Ao certo.·FR loc. adv. C'est bien ainsi; exactement ainsi. À coup sûr.

  5. 5
    Thus; in this way. In the same manner.

    PT Assim; desta maneira. Do mesmo modo.·FR Ainsi; de cette manière. De la même façon.

  6. 6
    conjunction
    In view of that; for. Therefore.

    PT À vista de tal; pois. Portanto.·FR Vu cela ; car. Donc.

  7. 7
    adj. That very one.

    PT adj. Essa ou esse mesmo.·FR adj. Celui-là ou celle-là même.

  8. 8
    Then; from that moment.

    PT Então; desde esse momento.·FR Alors; depuis ce moment.

  9. 9
    adverb
    Thus; in that way. Exactly that.

    PT Assim; dessa maneira. Isso mesmo.·FR Ainsi; de cette manière. Exactement cela.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 120 (right)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected