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Mbutu

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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    • Seed of some fruits
    • Pip. More commonly used in the plural jimbutu.
  2. 2
    • Part of the plant or flower adapted for reproduction
    • Seed: mbutu ia manhangua
    • Grain that is sown
    • Germ; that which in time will produce results
  3. 3
    • Functions by which an organised being produces another of its species
    • Generation: mbutu ia Ngola
    • Procreation
    • Descent
    • Average span of human life
  4. 4
    • Race: mbutu ia abika
    • People
    • Nation
  5. 5
    • Production: mbutu ia kateta
    • Filiation
  6. 6
    • Variety of a species (animal or vegetable) distinguished by secondary characters
    • Breed: o ii mbutu iêngi
    • Gender, nature, quality
    • Kubanga mbutu: to procreate.
  7. 7
    • Seed cast into the ground: kuta mbutu boxi
    • Sowing.

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