mbaku

Kimbundu

Noun

mbaku (class 9, plural jimbaku)

  1. somebody who is impotent or sterile

Adjective

mbaku

  1. impotent or sterile
    • 2017, “Ukexilu Uetu ua Ukidistá ni Ukunji Uetu—Milongi Phala o Iônge”, in Jimbangi ja Jihova [Jehovah's Witnesses], Kauana 13-19:
      Nanhi o “mbaku” ia muhatu […] ?
      Who is the "sterile" woman […] ?

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: mbaco

References

  • Junior, Antonio de Assis (1967), Dicionário Kimbundu-Português - Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico E Corográfico (in Portuguese), Luanda, Angola: Argente, Santos & C.a, L.da, page 16
  • Matta, Joaquim (1893), Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 95
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