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Where does “caçamba” come from?

caçamba (Portuguese) comes from Kimbundu kisambu — big basket.

caçamba (Portuguese): skip; bed

Definitions

  1. skip; bed

Ancestry of “caçamba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kimbundukisambubig basket
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