Umbanda
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Umbanda.
Proper noun
Umbanda
- An Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism.
Coordinate terms
Anagrams
- abandum
Portuguese
Etymology
From Kimbundu umbanda,[1][2][3] which António de Assis Júnior in his Kimbundu-Portuguese dictionary[4] defines as "[the] practice of magic", "witchcraft" or "healing" (p. 374). The latter is mentioned with a "kubanga-" prefix, meaning "to do" (p. 164).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ũˈbɐ̃.dɐ/
Proper noun
Umbanda f
- Umbanda (the Afro-Brazilian religion)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Umbanda.
Derived terms
References
- ^ “Umbanda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- ^ “Umbanda”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “Umbanda”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- ^ António de Assis Júnior (1967) Argente, Santos e Cia. Ltda, editor, Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico[1], Luanda, →ISBN, page 374: “(V) Bruxaria; magismo. / Arte ou maneira de encantar, de curar: 'kubanga-'. / Produção de actos mágicos.”