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Kimbúmbu

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 134

Definitions

1
ichthyology
Whiting; a species of tuna.
PT Merlão; espécie de atum.·FR Merlan; espèce de thon.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

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Fish

Fanyika — Sea fish, a species of small barbel
Mútamba — Dogfish. Shark of the family Squalidae, also known as «galhu
Marikita — Saltwater fish.
Ngunyá — Sea fish.
Kalafate — Caulker.
Kámbiji — Small fish.
Péba — Sea fish resembling the mullet.
Kíluxa — Marine clupeid fish. Shad.
Makambu — Sea fish, larger in size than the muxiri.
Dikolongo — Conger eel; conger

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 134 (right)

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