kingombo

== Kimbundu == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === kingombo class 3 (plural ingombo) okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) ==== Descendants ==== → French: gombo Louisiana Creole: gombo → English: gumbo → Portuguese: quingombó, >? quiabo → Spanish: quingombó === References === Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “kingombo”, 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 133 Matta, Joaquim (1893), Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 25