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Kwabhu

interjectionadjectivelocativeReviewedpage 159

Portuguese spellingKuâbu

Definitions

  1. 1
    interjection
    No more! Enough.

    PT Não mais! Basta.·FR Plus ! Assez.

    Seen in the folk-tales

    • K'axala dingi kima; muene ngoho, kuabu.Nothing more was left; only he himself, that was all.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
    • "Zá; ngu 'u bana o ima ié, ia ku tokala; kuabu.""Go; I will give you the things that are fitting for you; that is all."III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
  2. 2
    adjective
    Sufficient.

    PT Suficiente.·FR Suffisant.

  3. 3
    phraseadjective
    • As much as needed.
    • As much as possible.

    PT Quanto basta. · Tanto; quanto possível.·FR Autant qu'il faut. · Autant que possible.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 159 (left)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected