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Mufenyi

Noun class IadjectivenounReviewedpage 300

Portuguese spellingMufenhi

Definitions

1
One who smells.
PT Aquele que cheira.·FR Celui qui sent.

Noun class I

mu- / a-

Animated beings, rational beings, people.

mutu – person

In the same topic

Perception & senses

Múfumbe — Sniffer.
Kunúa — To smell; to stink.
Kunuhisa — To make smell. To cause to give off a smell.
Múxilu — Deaf. Hard of hearing. Who hears little.
Dise — Disgust. Repugnant smell of poorly washed dishes or revealin
Kufenya — To sniff; to smell To inhale through the nose.
Kufenyesa — To make (someone) inhale, sip.
Kúfumba — To sniff about.
Kibúzu — Stench.
Muléke — Clamour; that which is heard from afar.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 300 (right)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected

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