Portuguese spellingTúbia
Definitions
- 1Fire; blaze: inso i akuata.—; Flash of fire; shot (from a rifle); Flame; blaze.
PT Fogo; incêndio: inso i akuata.—; Fogacho; tiro (de espingarda); Labareda; chama.·FR Feu; incendie: inso i akuata.—; Flambée; coup (de fusil); Flamme; flambeau.
Seen in the folk-tales
- Imbua uaxikama; tubia, ngué ku tu nomona.Dog sat down; the fire he will not take.XXXV · told by Jelemía dia Sabatelu.
- O Mbulu, ku ema ku axala, uatale mukuá, a mu tumu tubia; kamoneka.Jackal, behind where he had stayed, looked for the other, who was sent for fire; but he does not appear.XXXV · told by Jelemía dia Sabatelu.