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Kufikixila

verbtransitivereciprocal or reflexiveReviewedpage 180

Definitions

  1. 1
    • To be moderate; not to go beyond.
    • To spend with moderation; to give by measure

    PT Comedir; não ir além de. · Gastar com moderação; dar por medida·FR Se modérer ; ne pas aller au-delà. · Dépenser avec modération ; donner avec mesure

  2. 2
    To save.

    PT Poupar.·FR Épargner.

    • a mu bana a mu fikixila
  3. 3
    • Kurifikixila, v. r. To restrain oneself; to hold back.
    • Not to give free rein

    PT Kurifikixila, v. r. Refrear-se; poupar-se. · Não dar largas·FR Kurifikixila, v. r. Se retenir ; s'épargner. · Ne pas se laisser aller

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 180 (right)