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Thamba

Noun class IXnounReviewedpage 363

Portuguese spellingTamba

Definitions

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