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Nzûmbi

Noun class IXnounReviewedpage 383
Word formsJinzûmbiplural · candidate · corpus spelling “jinzumbi” ×29

Definitions

  1. 1
    Spectre; apparition; phantom. Soul from the other world. The spiritual being.

    PT Espectro; avejão; fantasma. Alma do outro mundo. O ser espiritual.·FR Spectre; apparition; fantôme. Âme de l'autre monde. L'être spirituel.

  2. 2
    • Luende; tormented soul.
    • Spirit believed to wander the world tormenting the living.
    • Troubled, tormented, persecuted spirit.

    PT Luende; alma penada. · Espírito que se supõe vaguear pelo mundo a atormentar os vivos. · Espírito perturbado, atormentado, perseguido.·FR Luende; âme en peine. · Esprit supposé errer dans le monde pour tourmenter les vivants. · Esprit troublé, tourmenté, persécuté.

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