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Kuxongwena

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Kuxongwena

Portuguese spellingKuxonguena

verbtransitiveReviewed

Definitions

  1. 1
    To say insolent things in a low voice.
  2. 2
    To direct ironies at.

In the same topic

Speech & language
  • Kúxinga— To direct insults, insolence at. | To outrage; to defame; to
  • Kúribota— To chatter; to wrangle; to vociferate (pejorative).
  • Kunongena— To speak sarcastically, ironically. | To mock. Also refl.
  • Kungongesa— To make grumble; to give rise to murmurs, to laments.
  • Muxongueni— Blasphemer. | One who speaks ironically.
  • Rixongo— Sarcasm; irony; impiety.
  • Kuviokuesa— To talk nonsense.
  • Kunyamuna— To speak out of turn.
  • Kubônja— To say heresies, nonsense. To talk absurdly.
  • Rinongo— Sarcasm; bitter and insulting irony.
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