kingombo

Kimbundu

Etymology

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Noun

kingombo (class 3, plural ingombo)

1. okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

Descendants

• → French: gombo
  • Louisiana Creole: gombo
  • → English: gumbo
• → Portuguese: quingombó, >? quiabo
  • → Spanish: quingombó

References

• Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “kingombo”, 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 133
• Matta, Joaquim (1893), Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 25