kimbanda

== Kimbundu == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *mbàndà (“medicine man”). Cognate with Umbundu ochimbanda (“healer, surgeon”). === Noun === kimbanda class 3 (plural imbanda) healer magician, witch exorcist, necromancer ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: quimbanda, Quimbanda → English: Quimbanda === References === Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “kimbanda”, in Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico [Kimbundu–Portuguese Dictionary: Linguistic, Botanic, Historical and Chorographic] (in Portuguese), Luanda: Argente, Santos & C.a, L.da, page 129 Matta, Joaquim (1893), Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 23 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Kimbundu kimbanda. === Noun === kimbanda m (plural kimbandas) alternative spelling of quimbanda === Further reading === “kimbanda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Noun === kimbanda m (uncountable) alternative spelling of quimbanda