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Kulémea

verbtransitiveintransitiveReviewedpage 208

Definitions

  1. 1
    • To kindle; to set alight.
    • To make more intense (the fire)

    PT Atear; incendiar. · Tornar mais intenso (o fogo)·FR Attiser; allumer. · Rendre plus intense (le feu)

    • kulémea tubia
  2. 2
    verbintransitive
    • To emit flames; to burn.
    • fig. To become desperate, distressed.
    • To be on hot coals.

    PT Deitar chamas; arder. · fig. Ficar desesperado, aflito. · Estar sobre brasas.·FR Jeter des flammes; brûler. · fig. Être désespéré, affligé. · Être sur des charbons ardents.

    • kizuua u aka lema mu tubia
Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 208 (right)