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Kimbûngu

2 entry variants

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    • Anvil; trestle.
    • Wooden frame on which rests the pole that supports the crossbar around which the rope-making or fishing-line pulleys rotate.
    • Prop; support.
  2. 2
    zoology
    • Wolf.
    • fig. Poor and dishevelled man
    • Wretch.
    Examples
    • 💬ngarlama kimbûngu
  3. 3
    botany
    Thorny shrub, family Salvadoraceae (azima tetracantha), used as a brush for cleaning the mouth.
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