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Fúba

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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    Powder from the grinding or milling of a cereal, starchy root or dried legume; flour ; the manioc starch used to prepare funji; starch.
    Examples
    • 💬fúba ia masa
  2. 2
    figurative
    Figurado: white powder; dust.
  3. 3
    flour made from makoka; dark, poorly prepared manioc flour.
    Examples
    • 💬fúba ia kabari
  4. 4
    dark flour made from sun-dried sweet potato; flour that swells greatly when prepared; flour of inferior quality.
    Examples
    • 💬fúba ia kandumba
  5. 5
    maize flour; maize ground, sifted and reduced to powder.
    Examples
    • 💬fúba ia kindele
  6. 6
    flour made from manioc starch reduced to powder; dried bombó reduced to fine white powder; gum.
    Examples
    • 💬fúba ia mbombo
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