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Shona
Etymology 1
From Common Bantu *ìtʊ̀mbò (“belly, abdomen”). Cognate with Zulu ithumbu.
Noun
dumbu class 5 (plural matumbu class 6)
- belly
- (in the plural) intestines
- Synonym: ura
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
dúmbú class 5 (plural matúmbú class 6)
- crowd
- Synonym: mhomho
Yoruba
Etymology
Perhaps from Arabic ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa)
Pronunciation
Verb
dúḿbú
- (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!