Portuguese spellingUbika
Definitions
- 1Service; servility.
PT Serviço; servilismo.·FR Service ; servilisme.
Seen in the folk-tales
- "Kiabekesa ndenge ami, nga Madía, ku mu ta k' ubika, muhetu ua ngi nganala; uala uê nga kalúka; kalala ué nga Nzuana a mu beta mixinga ku mataku.""What caused my sister, nga Maria, to be put in slavery, (was) a woman; a woman has beguiled me. Consider thou well, nga Nzuá, maybe they will hang thee; maybe nga Nzuana also, they beat her (with) floggings on the buttocks."II · told by “Piolho”
- Uêne mu kalakala o ubika.He keeps on doing his work as a slave.XLI · told by Jelemía dia Sabatelu.
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- 4Belonging; lack of freedom.
PT Pertença; falta de liberdade.·FR Appartenance ; manque de liberté.