Portuguese spellingMuênge
Definitions
- 1botany
- Plant of the grass family (saccharum officinarum), from which sugar is made.
- Sugarcane., Plant of the heath family (Ericaceae), of medicinal use.
- Marsh; white heather.
- Heather.
PT Planta da família das gramíneas (saccharum officinarum), de que se faz o açúcar. · Cana doce., Planta da família das ericáceas, de utilidade medicinal. · Brejo; urze branca. · Torga.·FR Plante de la famille des graminées (saccharum officinarum), dont on fait le sucre. · Canne à sucre., Plante de la famille des éricacées, à usage médicinal. · Marais; bruyère blanche. · Brande.
Seen in the folk-tales
- O maseka inga utunda uia kuasumba o muenge.The nurse then went out to go and buy the sugar-cane.I · told by Version A: João Borges Cezar
- Kizúa kimoxi, umoxi ua ndenge uexile mu njanena mu kudia muenge, inga u di batula o mulembu.One day, one of them, the youngest, was at the window eating sugar-cane, and she cut her finger.I · told by Version A: João Borges Cezar