dumbu

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Shona

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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dumbu class 5 (plural matumbu class 6)

  1. belly
  2. (in the plural) intestines
    Synonym: ura

Etymology 2

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Noun

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dúmbú class 5 (plural matúmbú class 6)

  1. crowd
    Synonym: mhomho

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Arabic ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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!