muleke

Kimbundu

Etymology 1

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Noun

muleke (class 1, plural aleke)

1. boy, young man
2. servant

Descendants

• → Portuguese: moleque

Etymology 2

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Noun

muleke (class 1, plural aleke)

1. din, loud noise

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 307
• Adilson Bacelar (2024) “muleke”, in Online Kimbundu dictionary