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Origin of the name FUMBE.
Etymology of the name FUMBE.
Meaning of the baby name FUMBE.
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| FUMBE. m. Variant of African Ganda Ffumbe,
meaning "civet cat," after the name of a totem.
FUMBE. f. African Sungu
name meaning "slave."
... The stranger, perceiving
his eagerness, said, "I will accept all the goods your wife carries
as a favour from you, because you are such a nice-spoken
gentleman." This was great impudence, for this was more than
twice the fair price, but Gika, without another word, paid the
man. Then he asked: "What is the girl's
name?" "Oh, we never troubled to give her one; we simply
call her Fumbe (slave)." Then Sudila, with a grateful
look at her husband which amply repaid him for his kindness, snatched up
the sobbing child, and, hugging and kissing her, said: "You
poor little mite, you shall have a mother now and a name too. (Camp
and Tramp in African Wilds, Torday, 1913)
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