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Kálembe

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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    • Nuptial.
    • Relating to the bride.
  2. 2
    Nuptials.
  3. 3
    A certain regional dance.
  4. 4
    botany
    • Plant of the legume family (cracca vogelia), very odourless, used to intoxicate fish so they can be caught.
    • Tingui. V. kafoto.
  5. 5
    aquatic plant (nymphæa stellata), used as salt by the indigenous people (after incineration)
    Examples
    • 💬kálembe lembe

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