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Mipiópio

Noun class IInounpluralReviewedpl · page 292

Definitions

1
Whistles.
PT Assobios.·FR Sifflements.

Noun class II

mu- / mi-

Inanimate things; covers almost all trees and plants.

In the same topic

Music, dance & play

Pítu — Whistle
Mupiôpio — Whistle.
Malúnga — Rings; bracelets; small iron pieces.
Manzuela — Sounds of bells.
Mujikame — Troibidor.
Tumbéndu — Flautins. fig. Drinking bouts.
Jingúnga — Bells; small bells
Mwixi — High-pitched sound produced by cupping the hands in the shap
Dímba — Function; reel. Musical instrument; its sound fig. Confusion
Muhúku — Bell-shaped musical instrument.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 292 (right)

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