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Kikwambi

Noun class IIInounadjectiveReviewedpage 128

Portuguese spellingKikuámbi

Word formsIkwambiplural · candidate · corpus spelling “ikwambi” ×2

Definitions

  1. 1
    noun
    • (III) zool. Falcon.
    • Kite.

    PT (III) zool. Falcão. · Milhano.·FR (III) zool. Faucon. · Milan.

    Seen in the folk-tales

    • Uakituka kikuambi.He became a hawk.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
    • Uakituka dingi kikuambi.He turned into a hawk again.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
  2. 2
    adjective
    • Rapacious.
    • Predatory.

    PT Rapace. · Apresador.·FR Rapace. · Prédateur.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 128 (left)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected