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Kimbangalala

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 133

Definitions

1
zoology
Cicada.
PT Cigarra.·FR Cigale.
2
figurative
Singer.
PT Cantador.·FR Chanteur.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

In the same topic

Insects & arachnids

Kimbuambuala — Moth.
Dizalala — Centipede; nginga mukua musóngo, — mukua njángu.
Diuíndu — Chigoe; zunga. Insect.
Dibalata — Cockroach.
Kixíia — Beehive.
Nvanga — Tarantula.
Kahínji — Small, bothersome fly.
Tetembuka — Firefly.
Suanga — Bean that, bored through by a weevil, is pounded to remove t
Pelekese — Cockroach.

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

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