zimbi

English

Noun

zimbi (plural zimbi)

  1. (archaic) A cowrie shell, once used as a form of currency in parts of Africa.
    • 2024 April 27, Knight's Penny Magazine, volume 13, page 159:
      In the kingdom of Congo there is said to be another kind of shell current, called zimbi. Two thousand of these zimbi form a maconti or macinte; and one of the writers on Central Africa some years ago stated that two Flemish knives were deemed worth a maconti; a copper basin, two pounds in weight and twelve inches in diameter, three maconti; a fusee, ten macontis, &c.
    • 1850, John Macgregor, Commercial statistics: A digest of the productive resources, commercial legislation, customs tariffs, of all nations. Including all British commercial treaties with foreign states:
      It is true that the inhabitants of Congo do also make use of shells, by them called zimbi, or zinibi; but these are carried to them only by the Portuguese, who are in a manner masters of this great kingdom.

Romanian

Verb

a zimbi (third-person singular present zimbește, past participle zimbit) 4th conj.

  1. Obsolete form of zâmbi.

Conjugation
    conjugation of zimbi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive a zimbi
gerund zimbind
past participle zimbit
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present zimbesc zimbești zimbește zimbim zimbiți zimbesc
imperfect zimbeam zimbeai zimbea zimbeam zimbeați zimbeau
simple perfect zimbii zimbiși zimbi zimbirăm zimbirăți zimbiră
pluperfect zimbisem zimbiseși zimbise zimbiserăm zimbiserăți zimbiseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să zimbesc să zimbești să zimbească să zimbim să zimbiți să zimbească
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative zimbește zimbiți
negative nu zimbi nu zimbiți

References
  • zimbi in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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