Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word risima.
Examples
-
97 However, the shrugging way in which Tamara told us that she abandoned this work after she got married (because she "didn't have time anymore") echoed the dismissiveness in Julieta's tone when she explained that she gave up potmaking because it had no "value," a notion she expressed using the Portuguese term valor rather than risima, its Shangaan equivalent.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.