mbondo

Kimbundu

mbondo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bòndò (“baobab; palm tree”).

Noun

mbondo class 9 (plural jimbondo)

1. baobab (Adansonia digitata)

Descendants

• ⇒ Portuguese: embondeiro

References

• Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “mbondo”, 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 23
• Matta, Joaquim (1893), Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 13