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Malowa

Noun class IVnounpluralReviewedplural · page 279

Portuguese spellingMáloua

Definitions

1
Muddy swamp; mud.
PT Lodaçal; lama.·FR Bourbier; boue.

Noun class IV

di- / ma-

objects of magnitude

ditari – stone

In the same topic

Water & landscape

Mathatha — Mud; sludge.
Ditoua — Mud; slime.
Kiloua — Mudhole.
Kitoua — Mud; quagmire.
Matoua — Earthy sediment at the bottom of waters. Mud; silt.
Kinazixi — Quagmire; swamp; marsh.
Sabala — Waterlogged ground. Flooded field. Mud; silt.
Diloua — Mud; sludge.
Kizálu — Flooding; inundation; great flood.
Kizakazaka — Large pool of stagnant and dirty water.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 279 (right)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected

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