zumbi

Usage notes

 * This particular spelling is used chiefly in West and Southwest African contexts, referring to the ghost or spirit of a deceased person, especially a malevolent one.

Etymology 1
Borrowed from or.

Noun

 * 1)  the leader of a quilombo runaway slave settlement

Etymology 2
Borrowed from, with spelling influenced by Etymology 1.

Noun

 * 1)  zombie the undead
 * 2)  zombie person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces
 * 3)  zombie human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion