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Kuomba

verbintransitiveReviewedpage 224

Definitions

  1. 1
    • To walk very slowly (so as not to be sensed)
    • To tiptoe.

    PT Andar muito devagar (para não ser pressentido) · Ir pé ante pé.·FR Marcher très lentement (pour ne pas être pressenti) · Avancer pas à pas.

  2. 2
    • Kuriomba, e r. To walk on tiptoe
    • To move stealthily (like cats)

    PT Kuriomba, e r. Andar no bico dos pés · Ir de mansinho (como os gatos)·FR Kuriomba, e r. Marcher sur la pointe des pieds · Aller doucement (comme les chats)

    • u enda kuomba
Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 224 (left)