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Ngénda

Noun class IXnounReviewedpage 45
Word formsJingéndaplural · candidate · corpus spelling “jingenda” ×4

Definitions

  1. 1
    Den of wild animals; lair

    PT Cova de feras; covil·FR Tanière de fauves; repaire

    • ngénda ia jihoji
  2. 2
    Cave; cavern; dark place

    PT Caverna; furna; lugar escuro·FR Caverne; grotte; lieu obscur

  3. 3
    Vaulted passage beneath the hill

    PT Passagem abobadada por baixo do monte·FR Passage voûté sous la colline

  4. 4
    Tunnel

    PT Túnel·FR Tunnel

  5. 5
    Underground passage

    PT Subterrâneo·FR Souterrain

  6. 6
    Lair; den

    PT Antro·FR Antre

  7. 7
    Bottomless pit

    PT Buraco sem fundo·FR Trou sans fond

  8. 8
    Cafua

    PT Cafua·FR Cafua

  9. 9
    Hiding place

    PT Esconderijo·FR Cachette

  10. 10
    Abyss

    PT Abismo·FR Abîme

  11. 11
    figurative
    Prison; dungeon.

    PT Prisão; calabouço.·FR Prison; cachot.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 45 (left)

Ngéndahomonym 2

Noun class IXnounReviewedpage 45
Word formsJingéndaplural · candidate · corpus spelling “jingenda” ×4

Definitions

  1. 1
    botany
    Fruit of the mungénga, with medicinal properties against syphilis.

    PT Fruto de mungénga, de propriedades medicinais contra a sífilis.·FR Fruit du mungénga, aux propriétés médicinales contre la syphilis.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 45 (right)