xituculumucumba
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Ronga [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: xi‧tu‧cu‧lu‧mu‧cum‧ba
Noun edit
xituculumucumba m (plural xituculumucumbas)
- (Mozambique) a kind of evil spirit or bogeyman that appears in nightmares
- 1988, Albino Magaia, Yô Mabalane!, page 56:
- De facto era xituculumucumba. Tinha dois pés mas era xituculumucumba. Tinha muitos dentes mas era xituculumucumba.
- In fact, it was a xituculumucumba. It had two feet, but it was a xituculumucumba. It had a lot of teeth, but it was a xituculumucumba.