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Makuwa

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Makuwa

Portuguese spellingMákuua

nounpluralpluralReviewed
Class IVobjects of magnitude

Definitions

  1. 1
    Axes.
  2. 2
    chorography
    Name of a certain tribe from the interior of Africa, characterised by incisions on the face.

In the same topic

Geography & places
  • Ríkuua— Axe.
  • Selembe— Small axe; hatchet.
  • Kijimbuetela— Abrasion; blemish (on the skin).
  • Mukua-nyama— Of meat. | Individual who slaughters meat. | Hunter.
  • Báia— Board; step; perch, resting place.
  • Riselembe— Small axe; hatchet.
  • Mafúka— Honorific title of certain indigenous potentates, below mang
  • Mukúxa— Ordinary knife that does not cut.
  • Kimbangala— Skeleton (of a house)
  • Makólo— Hills; valleys. | Slopes.
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