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Kilúmbu

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 132
Word formsIlúmbuplural · candidate · corpus spelling “ilumbu” ×165

Definitions

  1. 1
    • Sacrifice of red-hot iron.
    • Operation consisting in the application of red-hot iron to the body of the patient or person suspected of an offence.
    • Oath by fire.
    • Ordeal.

    PT Sacrifício do ferro em brasa. · Operação que consiste na aposição do ferro candente no corpo do paciente ou suspeito de delito. · Juramento pelo fogo. · Ordálio.·FR Sacrifice du fer en braise. · Opération consistant en l'apposition du fer ardent sur le corps du patient ou du suspect d'un délit. · Serment par le feu. · Ordalie.

    • kilúmbu u azemba u angala
  2. 2
    • Testimony; gift.
    • That which is offered in sacrifice.

    PT Testemunho; dádiva. · O que se oferece em sacrifício.·FR Témoignage ; offrande. · Ce qui est offert en sacrifice.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 132 (left)

Kilúmbuhomonym 2

adjectiveReviewedpage 132
Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 132 (left)