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Thamba

Noun class IXnounReviewedpage 363

Portuguese spellingTamba

Definitions

  1. 1
    botany
    Edible fruit similar to yam.

    PT Fruto comestível semelhante à inhame.·FR Fruit comestible semblable à l'igname.

    Seen in the folk-tales

    • Katumua, iú mu tamba o jimbiji.Katumua, he went on catching fish.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
    • Uaii dingi mu tamba; u mu bekela dingi.He goes again to catch (fish); he brings her more again.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 363 (right)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected