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Usobha

Noun class VnounReviewedpage 377

Portuguese spellingUsoba

Definitions

1
Chieftainship; domain of a chief.
PT Sobadio.·FR Chefferie ; domaine d'un chef.

Noun class V

u- / mau-

abstract terms

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Social roles & titles

Mûvui — Possessor. Master; proprietor. Owner.
Kesóngo — Chief.
Mukulundu — Chief (of the sanzala); superior.
Mutumine — Commander; chief.
Kasoba — Chief of a small tribe. Petty chief.
Kaisongo — Leader of a procession, garrison, or army. Commander.
Mulungiri — Director; guide.
Mésene — Maecenas. Master; learned.
Ngungu — Superior; leader; of high position or rank
Dizónda — Powerful head of a State; person of great influence.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 377 (right)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected

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