Umbanda
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese Umbanda.
Proper noun edit
Umbanda
- An Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism.
Coordinate terms edit
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:
- According to Priberam,[1] from Kimbundu umbanda, which António de Assis Júnior in his Kimbundu-Portuguese dictionary[2] defines as "[the] practice of magic", "witchcraft" or "healing" (p. 374). The latter is mentioned with a "kubanga-" prefix, meaning "to do" (p. 164).
- From Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ) + बन्ध (bandha), meaning "the limit of the unlimited".
- From the mythical Adamic language, meaning "set of divine laws" or "God by our side".
Proper noun edit
Umbanda f
- Umbanda (the Afro-Brazilian religion)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Umbanda.
References edit
- ^ “Umbanda” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ António de Assis Júnior (1967), Argente, Santos e Cia. Ltda, editor, Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico[1], Luanda, →ISBN, page 374: “(V) Bruxaria; magismo. / Arte ou maneira de encantar, de curar: 'kubanga-'. / Produção de actos mágicos.”