matumbo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈtũ.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈtũ.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈtũ.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈtũ.bu/

Etymology 1

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Noun

matumbo m (plural matumbos)

1. (Angola) rude (person), ignorant (person)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kimbundu matumbu (“hillock”).

Noun

matumbo m (plural matumbos)

1. (Brazil) a hole or ditch in which cassava is planted
2. (Brazil) a portion of elevated land between furrows

Further reading

• “matumbo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

matumbo

1. plural of tumbo