zumbi

== English == === Noun === zumbi (plural zumbis) Alternative form of jumbie (“a ghost or spirit”). (rare) Nonstandard spelling of zombie. ==== Usage notes ==== This particular spelling is used chiefly in West and Southwest African contexts, referring to the ghost or spirit of a deceased person, especially a malevolent one. == Kongo == === Etymology === Related to Kimbundu nzumbi (“ghost”). === Noun === zumbi (spiritualism) a kind of fetish ==== Descendants ==== →? English: jumbie === References === William Holman Bentley (1887), Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language, as spoken at San Salvador, the Ancient Capital of the Old Kongo Empire, West Africa‎[1], Baptist Missionary Society, page 481 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === zumbí (1931-prescribed spelling) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -i Homophone: zumbir (Brazil) Hyphenation: zum‧bi === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Kimbundu nzumbi (“ghost”, “spirit”) or Kimbundu nzambi (“god”). ==== Noun ==== zumbi m (plural zumbis) (Brazil, historical) the leader of a quilombo (runaway slave settlement) Synonym: zambi Zumbi dos Palmares === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English zombie, with spelling influenced by Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== zumbi m or f by sense (plural zumbis) (Brazil) (fiction) zombie (the undead) Synonyms: morto-vivo, (Portugal) zombie (voodoo) zombie (person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces) Synonym: cazumbi (figurative) zombie (human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== zumbi inflection of zumbir: first-person singular preterite indicative second-person plural imperative === Further reading === “zumbi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “zumbi”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “zumbi”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “zumbi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026