Mbundu

noun

Mbun·​du

emˈbu̇n(ˌ)dü

plural Mbundu or Mbundus

1

: a widespread Bantu-speaking people of Angola active in trading and known in world art circles for their wood carving especially of miniature animal figures

called also Ovimbundu

2

a

: kimbundu

b

: umbundu

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