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Kunjúmba

verbnountransitiveintransitiveReviewedpage 222

Definitions

  1. 1
    To punish; to penalize; to make suffer.

    PT Castigar; penitenciar; fazer penar.·FR Punir; pénitencer; faire souffrir.

  2. 2
    verbintransitive
    • To be under punishment.
    • To suffer.

    PT Estar de castigo. · Sofrer.·FR Être en pénitence. · Souffrir.

  3. 3
    noun
    Suffering, penance.

    PT Sofrimento, penitência.·FR Souffrance, pénitence.

  4. 4
    Kurinjúmba, v. r. To impose punishment on oneself; to mortify oneself.

    PT Kurinjúmba, v. r. Impor-se castigo; mortificar-se.·FR Kurinjúmba, v. r. S'imposer une punition; se mortifier.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 222 (right)