semba

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Definition of semba

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Kimbundu risemba Kimbundu sembabor. Portuguese sembabor. English semba Borrowed from Portuguese semba, from Kimbundu semba (“belly-bump”), from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Doublet of samba.

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