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Pelekese

Noun class IXnounReviewedpage 337

Definitions

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zoology
Cockroach.
PT Barata.·FR Cafard.

Noun class IX

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Animals, things, people, foreign languages, etc...

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Insects & arachnids

Pulukua — Flea.
Diboho — Locust
Kihuba — Tick.
Nvanga — Tarantula.
Kixíia — Beehive.
Dizalala — Centipede; nginga mukua musóngo, — mukua njángu.
Diuíndu — Chigoe; zunga. Insect.
Bubulu — Large fly. See Ribubulu.
Kinjóngo — (III) zool. Locust; acridid. Locust plague.
Ixíla — Collection of several beehives. Apiary.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 337 (left)

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