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Kiúngu

Noun class IIInounReviewedpage 153

Definitions

1
ichthyology
Cherne; percid fish.
PT Cherne; peixe pércida.·FR Cherne ; poisson percidé.

Noun class III

ki- / i-

Things, and all augmentatives.

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Fish

Kíluxa — Marine clupeid fish. Shad.
Marikita — Saltwater fish.
Mélu — Red snapper (fish).
Kámbiji — Small fish.
Kalafate — Caulker.
Nguîngi — Silurid teleost fish (from the river). Black catfish.
Ndângu — Marine silurid teleost fish.
Ngóle — River catfish; Silurid fish Pl. jingóle
Kisénga — Sea fish, known as «pargo do mar»
Jiphapha — Palisade; staking.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 153 (right)

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