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Kubanda

verbintransitiveReviewedpage 163
Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 163 (right)

Kubánda

verbnountransitiveintransitiveReviewedpage 163

Definitions

  1. 1
    To give capacity; to enable.

    PT Dar capacidade.·FR Donner capacité ; habiliter.

  2. 2
    To praise; to exalt; to boast about.

    PT Encomiar; exaltar; gabar.·FR Louer; exalter; vanter.

    • ngiri u bánda ngiri ie
  3. 3
    To opt; to choose; to prefer.

    PT Optar; escolher; preferir.·FR Opter ; choisir ; préférer.

  4. 4
    To value more; to give preference to.

    PT Estimar mais; dar preferência a.·FR Estimer davantage ; donner la préférence à.

  5. 5
    To mark; to signal.

    PT Assinalar; marcar.·FR Signaler ; marquer.

  6. 6
    To cut, to slash with blows of an axe, knife, machete, etc.

    PT Cortar, lanhar a golpes de machado, faca, catana, etc.·FR Couper, entailler à coups de hache, couteau, machette, etc.

    • ngi bánda muxi, nyi tánda lukula
  7. 7
    To amputate.

    PT Amputar.·FR Amputer.

  8. 8
    To seek; to try to find, to discover.

    PT Buscar; tratar de achar, de descobrir.·FR Chercher; tâcher de trouver, de découvrir.

    • kubánda jinjimbu mu isúba
  9. 9
    To fix; to perfect.

    PT Concertar; aperfeiçoar.·FR Arranger ; perfectionner.

  10. 10
    To fatten; to feed up.

    PT Cevar.·FR Engraisser ; gaver.

  11. 11
    sub. Esteem; praise.

    PT sub. Estimação; elogio.·FR sub. Estime ; éloge.

  12. 12
    Primacy. Research; search.

    PT Primazia. Pesquisa; busca.·FR Primauté. Recherche ; quête.

  13. 13
    Kuribánda, v. r. To praise oneself; to boast, to brag.

    PT Kuribánda, v. r. Elogiar-se; ufanar-se, gabar-se.·FR Kuribánda, v. r. Se louer; se vanter, se glorifier.

    • u akunu k'aribánd'ê. kilembeketa ki muriá o mbutu
  14. 14
    To speak well of oneself.

    PT Dizer bem de si próprio.·FR Dire du bien de soi-même.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 163 (right)