Word formsfipuxiplural · source-attested
Definitions
- 1Oppression; suffering; anguish. Deprivation, moral torture
PT Opressão; sofrimento; angústia. Privação, tortura moral·FR Oppression; souffrance; angoisse. Privation, torture morale
Seen in the folk-tales
- Ua mu tutuina mate mu kanu, uxi: "Kizúa kia ku'u konda o phaxi, kàkële uxi: 'Teleji! ngudi a ngumba, ku tutu kuà mahamba.'"It spat saliva into his hand, saying: "On the day you touch suffering, say clearly: 'Teleji! mother of a pack, in the forest of the sacred groves.'"III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
- Inga ukala mu zuela: "Só salavande! ngàkale eme, ngu muhatu, ngatundile ku bata dia ndandu jami, mu solongo dia muxitu ni paxi jami ni ngongo jami."And she began to speak: "So it has come to this! I, a woman, left the house of my kinsfolk, and walked eight days in the depths of the forest, with my troubles and my miseries."I · told by Version A: João Borges Cezar
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