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Kuswala

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Kuswala

Portuguese spellingKusuála

verbtransitiveReviewed

Definitions

  1. 1
    • To pass the flour through the musuálu
    • To sift
    • fig. To separate the bad from the good.

In the same topic

Food & cooking
  • Kúlela— To winnow | To sift; to clean the bran from cereals | To ven
  • Kazáka— Abbrev. of kai zaka.
  • Útumbu— Bran; kurifanga ni-jingulu ji ku fura.
  • Karikezu— Slice or part of a kola nut | Breaks fast. | fig. Gift; trea
  • Isênga— Bran; coarse part left in the sieve after sifting flour, mai
  • Kulokuela— To pass food from one's mouth to another's (as birds feed th
  • Rizukilu— Place where fuba and other cereals are pounded.
  • Kajindungu— Spicy. | Burning. | That tastes of pepper.
  • Kixiluanda— Flour porridge with stewed fish. | Porridge.
  • Makolôlo— Scum; rabble. | The residue at the bottom of the pot.
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