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Tendu

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Tendu

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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    Chestnut; coconut kernel; almond; stone (of a fruit).
  2. 2
    figurative
    Hymen; virginity.
  3. 3
    Fragment of oil-palm nut shell, suitable for burning.
    Examples
    • đź’¬Kibala tendu
  4. 4
    Said of the fermented, rancid coconut kernel.
    Examples
    • đź’¬tendu ia ngángu
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