Definitions
- 1interjection
- of alarm.
- Help!
- Come to the rescue!
- Oh! watch out!
PT de alarme. · Socorro! · Acudam! · Oh! da guarda!·FR d'alarme. · Au secours ! · À l'aide ! · Oh ! garde à vous !
Seen in the folk-tales
- Na Nzuá uxi: "Uaué! Eme ngibanga kiebi?"Na Nzua says: "Alas! What shall I do?"III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
- Ana a ahetu ëxi: "Uaué! tuabulukile; o kiki ki a tu landula; tuandala kufua."The girls said, 'Alas! We had escaped, but now that they have followed us, we shall die.'VII · told by Jelemía dia Sabatelu
- 2nounDistressing cry announcing calamity, misfortune.
PT Grito aflitivo denunciando calamidade, desgraça.·FR Cri angoissant dénonçant une calamité, un malheur.