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Muâu

Noun class IInounReviewedpage 296

Definitions

1
Scorch; singeing.
PT Chamusco.·FR Roussissement; légère brûlure.

Noun class II

mu- / mi-

Inanimate things; covers almost all trees and plants.

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Fire & light

Kubabula — To roast, to burn in the skin.
Mulému — High flame; tongue of fire. Blaze.
Muvung'a-rixi — Chimney.
Kuaúka — To become singed; to be burnt or roasted on the surface.
Kásoso — Speck of dust. Spark. Ember.
Milému — Flames; blazes. Fires.
Kióhe — That burns or scorches.
Kúbabulula — To scorch again. To singe again.
Mbômbe — Embers; hot ash.
Kuaúla — To singe; to pass through the flame.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 296 (right)

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