njilu

== Kimbundu == === Etymology 1 === Compare Luba-Kasai njilu (“eggplant”). ==== Noun ==== njilu (class 9, plural jinjilu) a plant of the genus Solanum gilo, fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum) ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: jiló→ English: gilo→ Japanese: ジロ (jiro) === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== njilu (plural jinjilu) proof, testimony === References === Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “njilu”, 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 69 Matta, Joaquim (1893), Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 125