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Kinguénya

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 138

Portuguese spellingKinguénha

Definitions

1
zoology
Hyena.
PT Hiena.·FR Hyène.
2
Quimalânca.
PT Quimalânca.·FR Quimalânca.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

In the same topic

Other carnivores

Inguénya — Family of digitigrade mammals, whose type is the hyena
Kimalanga — Digitigrade carnivorous mammal. Hyena.
Dinguanza — Carnivorous quadruped, a species of hyena.
Nyámi — Carnivore.
Ngúri — Carnivorous mammal, very voracious of putrefied flesh.
Dikombe — Musk deer.
Kamujiri — Carnivorous mustelid mammal.
Nyûndu — Otter; its pelt (among the Ganguelas).
Minyame — Carnivores.
Kisue — Digitigrade carnivorous mammal of the feline type.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 138 (left)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected

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