Portuguese-based creole languages meaning "in" and/or "on", which would come from the Portuguese contraction "na" meaning "in the" (feminine singular). The Portuguese word for "creole" is "crioulo", which derives from the verb "criar" ("to raise", "to bring up") and a suffix "-oulo" of debated origin. Originally the word was used to distinguish the members of any ethnic group who were born and raised in the colonies from those who were born in their homeland. In Africa it was often applied to locally born people of (wholly or partly) Portuguese descent, as opposed to those born in Portugal; whereas in Brazil it was also
Piri piri of the Congo or in Malawi, deriving from the various pronunciations of the word in different parts of Bantu-speaking Africa. is also the spelling used as a loanword in the Portuguese language, especially in the Portuguese-speaking Mozambican community. The spelling is common in English, e.g. in reference to African-style chili sauces. The "Oxford Dictionary of English" records as a foreign word meaning "a very hot sauce made with red ", and gives its ultimate origin as the word for "pepper" (presumably in the native-African sense) in the Ronga language of southern Mozambique. Plants are usually very bushy and grow in