ngunga

Kimbundu

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gʊ̀ngà. Cognate with Bangi ngonga.

    Noun

    ngunga class 9 (plural jingunga)

    1. (music) bell
    2. (loosely, music) any percussion instrument
    3. stroke of a bell
    4. (figurative) chatterbox
    5. current (flow of a river)
    6. gnu; wildebeest (Connochaetes sp.)

    Descendants

    • → Portuguese: gunga

    References

    • Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “Ngunga”, in Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico [Kimbundu–Portuguese Dictionary: Linguistic, Botanic, Historical and Chorographic] (in Portuguese), Luanda: Argente, Santos & C.a, L.da, pages 46–47
    • Bacelar, Adilson (2024–present), “Ngunga”, in Online Kimbundu dictionary
    • Matta, Joaquim (1893), “Ngunga”, in Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez [Draft of a Kimbundu-Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Antonio Maria Pereira, page 125
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