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Múfuma

Noun class IInounReviewedpage 301
Word formsmifumaplural · source-attested

Definitions

  1. 1
    botany
    Mafumeira (bombax buonopozensis), from which canoes are made.

    PT Mafumeira (bombax buonopozensis), de que se fabricam as canoas.·FR Mafumeira (bombax buonopozensis), dont on fabrique les pirogues.

  2. 2
    fruit (capsule of the mafumeira, which yields tinder)

    PT fruto (cápsula da mafumeira, que dá a isca)·FR fruit (capsule du mafumeira, qui fournit l'amadou)

    • Ngúngu múfuma
    pl. mifuma
Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 301 (left)