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Kwinga

verbnounintransitivetransitiveReviewedpage 188

Portuguese spellingKuínga

Definitions

  1. 1
    verbintransitive
    To keep watch; to watch over.

    PT Velar; vigiar.·FR Veiller ; surveiller.

  2. 2
    verbtransitive
    To keep watch over.

    PT Exercer vigilância sobre.·FR Exercer une surveillance sur.

    • kuínga jinjila
  3. 3
    To be awake.

    PT Estar desperto.·FR Être éveillé.

  4. 4
    Said of the act of scaring away, in the garden, the birds that damage the seedbeds.

    PT Diz-se do facto de espantar, na horta, os pássaros que estragam as sementeiras.·FR Se dit du fait d'effrayer, dans le jardin, les oiseaux qui abîment les semis.

  5. 5
    To take (the livestock) to pasture and watch over it.

    PT Levar (o gado) ao pasto e vigiá-lo.·FR Mener (le bétail) au pâturage et le surveiller.

  6. 6
    noun
    Vigilance. Also used reflexively.

    PT Vigilância. É também reflexivo.·FR Vigilance. S'emploie aussi de manière réfléchie.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 188 (left)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected