kingombo

Kimbundu

Kingombo

Etymology

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Noun

kingombo (plural ingombo)

1. okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

Descendants

• → French: gombo
  • Louisiana Creole: gombo
  • → English: gumbo
• → Portuguese: quingombó, (perhaps) quiabo
  • → Spanish: quingombó

References

• Junior, Antonio de Assis (1967) Dicionário Kimbundu-Português - Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico E Corográfico (in Portuguese), Luanda, Angola, page 133
• Matta, Joaquim (1893) Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 25