macumba

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 mä-kŭɴ(m)′bə

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of Afro-Brazilian folk religion combining elements of Roman Catholicism with traditional African religious beliefs and practices; or a specific cult or ceremony of such religion.
    — And later on at the Gantóis macumba, Omolu, bedecked in red, had said that the day of vengeance for the poor would not be long in coming.

词形变化

macumbas plural

词源

Etymology tree
Kimbundu makôbabor.
Portuguese macumbabor.
English macumba
Borrowed from Portuguese macumba (“macumba; curse”), derived from Kimbundu makôba (or a related Bantu language of western Central Africa).
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