menha

See also: menhã

Kimbundu

Etymology 1

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Noun

mênha (class 10, plural menha)

  1. water
    Kubinga menha. ― To ask for water.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese meia.

Noun

ménha (class 4, plural menha)

  1. sock

Further reading

  • Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “Ménha, Mênha”, in Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico [Kimbundu–Portuguese Dictionary: Linguistic, Botanic, Historical and Chorographic] (in Portuguese), Luanda: Argente, Santos & C.a, L.da, page 283, column 1
  • Bacelar, Adilson (2024), “menha”, in Online Kimbundu dictionary
  • Byrd, Steven (2012), Calunga and the Legacy of an African Language in Brazil, →ISBN: “Kimbundu menha 'water' (M:22); Kimbundu menya 'water' (CA:282).”
  • Cannecattim, Bernardo Maria de (1804), Diccionario da lingua bunda ou angolense, explicada na portugueza e latina (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Impressão Regia, page 41
  • Matta, Joaquim (1893), Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 98
  • RILI, issue 9 (2007), page 213: "kimbundu menha 'água'"
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