mbaku

Kimbundu

Noun

mbaku (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