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Nzûmba

Noun class IXnounadjectiveReviewedpage 383

Definitions

  1. 1
    Eclipse.

    PT Eclipse.·FR Éclipse.

    • usuku uanzûmba
  2. 2
    The purple colour (that the moon takes on during an eclipse)

    PT A cor roxa (que toma a lua num eclipse)·FR La couleur violette (que prend la lune lors d'une éclipse)

    • ni boxi ni bulu axikinenzûmba
  3. 3
    Nausea.

    PT Amojo.·FR Nausée.

    • mele manzûmba
  4. 4
    adjective
    Purple; purplish.

    PT Roxo; purpureado.·FR Violet; pourpré.

  5. 5
    mythology
    The planet Mars.

    PT O planeta Marte.·FR La planète Mars.

    • ngananzûmba
  6. 6
    figurative
    Pagan.

    PT Pagão.·FR Païen.

  7. 7
    botany
    Plant with purgative properties.

    PT Planta de propriedades purgativas.·FR Plante aux propriétés purgatives.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 383 (left)