Húmbi

1. 1

   • Permanent and morbid dilation of a vein caused by accumulation of blood in its interior.
   • Varicose vein.
2. 2

   • Old sore
   • Incurable wound
   • More commonly used in the pl. jihûmbi.

1. 1

   zoology

   • Bird of prey, a species of black eagle which, at a certain time of year or of years, appears in flocks, high in the sky, making capricious turns or circles.
   • Osprey; fishing eagle
   • Rabalva: ki azuata — kilombelombe ki a mu tukula tûmba.
   • Lammergeier.
2. 2

   botany

   Plant of the Anacardiaceae family (calesiam Welwitschii), with medicinal properties and used for construction. V. mukúmbi.
3. 3

   chorography

   Area of the civil post of this name, district of Gambos, district and province of Huíla, with 2,419 inhabitants, telegraph-postal station, sanitary ambulatory and Catholic Mission of the Holy Spirit.
4. 4

   —, Flea or louse of a chicken.
5. 5

   • Aquatic bird the size of a turkey
   • Cormorant.
   • fig. The remote; the most ancient , kizuua kilombelombe u j'ibúla.
   Examples

   • 💬Kakulu ka humbi
   • 💬j'akakulu ka humbi
6. 6

   • genus of corvid birds
   • Jay; crow.
   Examples

   • 💬humbi ia ngânga

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