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Kwata

interjectionnounReviewedpage 161

Portuguese spellingKuâta

Definitions

  1. 1
    Grab it! Seize it!

    PT Agarra!·FR Attrape ! Saisis !

    Seen in the folk-tales

    • Nzala ia mu kuata.Hunger seized him.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
    • Ene, uoma u a kuata.Fear seized them.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
  2. 2
    noun
    Command to grab.

    PT Voz para pegar.·FR Cri pour saisir.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 161 (right)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected