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Kimbala

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 133

Definitions

1
Wide, low canoe.
PT Canoa larga de pouca altura.·FR Canot large et peu profond.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

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Motion & travel

Kambala — Small canoe, ordinarily propelled with a pole.
Kibuia — Flat-bottomed boat; raft; small boat.
Kaulungu — Pirogue; dugout canoe.
Kukeluka — To coast; to tack.
Kuximbika — To pole; to propel a vessel with a pole.
Kujingala — (port.) To sway
Kulalukisa — To jettison. To lighten (the vessel). To set adrift on the w
Vapolo — Steamship; vessel.
Kifirimiku — Said of what must be used or serve as a boat.
Kukuáka — Arrival at port.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 133 (left)

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