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 nguba.
Examples
-
Cultivation in North America was popularized by African Americans, who brought the Kikongo word nguba, which became goober.
The Christmas Cookie Club Ann Pearlman 2009
-
Cultivation in North America was popularized by African Americans, who brought the Kikongo word nguba, which became goober.
The Christmas Cookie Club Ann Pearlman 2009
-
Cultivation in North America was popularized by African Americans, who brought the Kikongo word nguba, which became goober.
The Christmas Cookie Club Ann Pearlman 2009
-
The staple of commerce is now the nguba, or ground-nut
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
-
He can discover who "ate the heart" of the chief who died yesterday; who caused the canoe to upset and gave lives to the crocodiles and the dark waters of the Congo; or even "who blighted the palm trees of the village and dried up their sap, causing the supply of malafu to cease; or who drove away the rain from a district, and withheld its field of nguba" (ground-nuts).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
-
The staple of commerce is now the nguba, or ground-nut
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.