quicongo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Kongo Kikongo, from ki- + Kongo, the prefix indicating inanimate or abstract nouns, and used to form language names.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈkõ.ɡu/

• Hyphenation: qui‧con‧go

Noun

quicongo m (uncountable)

1. Kongo (language)

Further reading

• “quicongo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “quicongo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025