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Kingúmbe

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 138

Definitions

1
zoology
Wading bird.
PT Ave pernaita.·FR Oiseau échassier.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

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Kínjila — Large bird. Big bird.
Mbimba — Small bird resembling a sparrow.
Kangúmbe — Migratory gallinaceous bird
Njungu — Climbing bird of a fair/tawny colour.
Ngengêmbua — Nocturnal bird.
Nyange — Heron.
Kapáta-hutu — Small bird of crimson colour, with red beak and tail.
Dímbi — Kestrel; bird of prey.
Kangúndu — Small riverside bird.
Kahúmba — Hoopoe-like bird of the gallinaceous family.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 138 (left)

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