nyungu-nyungu

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bungu. Compare to Northern Ndebele isibungu (“insect”), Zulu isíbungú (“maggot”), Rwanda-Rundi ikinyúgunyúgu (“butterfly”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

nyungu-nyungu class IX (plural nyungu-nyungu class X)

  1. a kind of worm (animal)

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.