makumba

See also: makumbą

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese macumba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈkum.ba/
  • Rhymes: -umba
  • Syllabification: ma‧kum‧ba

Noun

makumba f

  1. (religion) macumba (a type of Afro-Brazilian folk religion combining elements of Roman Catholicism with traditional African religious beliefs and practices; or a specific cult or ceremony of such religion)
    • 1954, Jerzy Kossowski, Wici w puszczy: powieść [Wici in the wilderness: a novel]‎[1], London: Veritas, published 1954, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 December 2022, page 43:
      Strażnik nie zapytał o nic więcej, gdyż wiedział, że jeżeli ktoś czaruje makumbą, to lepiej z nim się bliżej nie zadawać.
      The guard did not ask anything else, for he knew that, if someone was conjuring with macumba, it was better not to deal with the likes of him.

Declension

Declension of makumba
singular plural
nominative makumba makumby
genitive makumby makumb
dative makumbie makumbom
accusative makumbę makumby
instrumental makumbą makumbami
locative makumbie makumbach
vocative makumbo makumby

Further reading

  • “makumba”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022
  • makumba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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