xituculumucumba

Portuguese

FWOTD – 31 October 2016

Etymology

From Ronga [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.tu.ku.lu.muˈkũ.bɐ/

• Hyphenation: xi‧tu‧cu‧lu‧mu‧cum‧ba

Noun

xituculumucumba m (plural xituculumucumbas)

1. (Mozambique) a kind of evil spirit or bogeyman that appears in nightmares
   • 1988, Albino Magaia, Yô Mabalane!, page 56:

     De facto era xituculumucumba. Tinha dois pés mas era xituculumucumba. Tinha muitos dentes mas era xituculumucumba.

     In fact, it was a xituculumucumba. It had two feet, but it was a xituculumucumba. It had a lot of teeth, but it was a xituculumucumba.