Umbanda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Umbanda.

Proper noun

Umbanda

  1. An Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism.

Coordinate terms

Anagrams
  • abandum

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Different origins are proposed, including:

  • According to Priberam,[1] from Kimbundu umbanda, which António de Assis Júnior in his Kimbundu-Portuguese dictionary[2] defines as "[the] practice of magic", "witchcraft" or "healing" (p. 374). The latter is mentioned with a "kubanga-" prefix, meaning "to do" (p. 164).
  • From Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ) + बन्ध (bandha), meaning "the limit of the unlimited".
  • From the mythical Adamic language, meaning "set of divine laws" or "God by our side".

Proper noun

Umbanda f

  1. Umbanda (the Afro-Brazilian religion)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Umbanda.

References
  1. “Umbanda” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  2. António de Assis Júnior (1967) Argente, Santos e Cia. Ltda, editor, Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico‎, Luanda, →ISBN, page 374: “(V) Bruxaria; magismo. / Arte ou maneira de encantar, de curar: 'kubanga-'. / Produção de actos mágicos.”
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