mukama

Kimbundu

Etymology

Uncertain. According to Matta, from mu- +‎ Portuguese cama (“bed”).

Noun

mukama (class 1, plural akama)

1. a slave-girl who serves as a concubine

Related terms

• ukama

Descendants

• → Portuguese: mucama
  • → Spanish: mucama

References

• Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “mukama”, 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 301
• Matta, Joaquim (1893), Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 104