dumbu

Shona

Etymology 1

From Common Bantu *ìtʊ̀mbò (“belly, abdomen”). Cognate with Zulu ithumbu.

Noun

dumbu class 5 (plural matumbu class 6)

1. belly
2. (in the plural) intestines

   Synonym: ura

Etymology 2

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Noun

dúmbú class 5 (plural matúmbú class 6)

1. crowd

   Synonym: mhomho

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• dúńbú

Etymology

Perhaps from Arabic ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú.ŋ́.bú/

Verb

dúḿbú

1. (transitive) to butcher, to slaughter (in particular) in the halal method

   Wọ́n máa ń dúḿbú màlúù fọ́dún Iléyá. ― They typically butcher cows for Eid al-Adha.

   • 2020, Thematic Preoccupations of D. A. Ọbasá and Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù on Religion and Colonialism:

     A-ṣe-kó-súni, Ìmàle Adọ̀dọ̀/ Ó ní ‘Bí wọn kò dúńbú omi/ Òun kò ní mu!/ Bí wọn kò dúńbú ẹja/ Òun kò ní jẹ!

     One who makes things hard for others, an extremist Muslim/ Who says if water was not slaughtered/ He would not drink!/ If fish was not slaughtered/ He would not eat!