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Kubanda

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Kubanda

verbintransitiveReviewed

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    To ascend; to climb . To scale; to rise.
    Examples
    • 💬kubanda mulundu
  2. 2
    To rise in price.
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Kubánda

verbnountransitiveintransitiveReviewed

Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    To give capacity; to enable.
  2. 2
    To praise; to exalt; to boast about: ngiri u bánda ngiri ie.
  3. 3
    To opt; to choose; to prefer.
  4. 4
    To value more; to give preference to.
  5. 5
    To mark; to signal.
  6. 6
    To cut, to slash with blows of an axe, knife, machete, etc. ngi bánda muxi, nyi tánda lukula.
  7. 7
    To amputate.
  8. 8
    To seek; to try to find, to discover.
    Examples
    • 💬kubánda jinjimbu mu isúba
  9. 9
    To fix; to perfect.
  10. 10
    To fatten; to feed up.
  11. 11
    sub. Esteem; praise.
  12. 12
    Primacy. Research; search.
  13. 13
    Kuribánda, v. r. To praise oneself; to boast, to brag: u akunu k'aribánd'ê. kilembeketa ki muriá o mbutu.
  14. 14
    To speak well of oneself.
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