Njímbu

1. 1

   • Small cowrie shell fished off the opposite coast of Luanda island, which circulated as currency in the ancient kingdom of Congo.
   • Currency; money: mu luanda mu afumana o ngânda
   • Cowrie.
   Examples

   • 💬muia njímbu
   • 💬ki mu vutuk'ê njímbu
2. 2

   • Gallery; tunnel
   • Elongated compartment for storing or hiding valuables
   • zool. Quadruped of the brachypod genus, living in tunnels it digs underground and feeding on grasses and termites.
   • Anteater.
   Examples

   • 💬rikungu ria njímbu
3. 3

   • syndactyl bird
   • See pl. jinjimbu.
   Examples

   • 💬kilangala njímbu

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1. 1

   • Clear and brief explanation (of a difficult, obscure or doubtful matter).
   • Definition
   • Decision on a doubtful matter
   • Exposition of the various sides from which a subject can be considered
   • Lecture (given by the teacher) on a text.
   • Exegesis.