chunga

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Chuukese

Noun

chunga

  1. painting
    • 2013 October 5, Timothy J. Dyches, “Ka Mochen Pwe Kopwe Unus?”, in LDS.org‎, retrieved 2015-07-14:
      Atun an ewe Samon a tonong non ei neni mi pwa non eu chunga seni Carl Bloch a iteni Kraist mi Apochokunata ekkewe mi Semwen non ewe Nenien Konik itan Bethesda. Bloch a chungani Jises a ekieta kinikinin mangaken eu imwan mangaku me a pwari emon "mwan mi semwen" a nom non (John 5:7) mi kokkon unukun ewe nenien konik, nge mi chok witiwit.
      The time the Lord enters in this place appears in a painting from Carl Bloch called Christ Healing the Sick in the Pool named Bethesda. Bloch painted Jesus lifting a portion of a cloth of a cloth house and he shows himself to a "sick man" in John 5:7 who is lying next to a pool, just waiting.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Adjective

chunga m or f (plural chungas)

  1. (Portugal, colloquial) crappy, dodgy, cheap (of bad quality, or in a bad condition)
  2. (Porto, colloquial) bothersome

Noun

chunga m or f by sense (plural chungas)

  1. (Portugal, Lisbon) a street thug
    Synonyms: (Porto) guna, (Brazil) mano, mitra

Spanish

Noun

chunga f (plural chungas)

  1. crazy or wild party

Adjective

chunga

  1. feminine singular of chungo

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-cùnga.

Verb

-chunga (infinitive kuchunga)

  1. to protect, guard, herd animals
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Common Bantu *-cʊ̀nga.

Verb

-chunga (infinitive kuchunga)

  1. to sieve, sift, winnow
Derived terms

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chunga
Positive present -nachunga
Subjunctive -chunge
Negative -chungi
Imperative singular chunga
Infinitives
Positive kuchunga
Negative kutochunga
Imperatives
Singular chunga
Plural chungeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchunga
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichunga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchunga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachunga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachunga/nachunga tunachunga
2nd person unachunga mnachunga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachunga wanachunga
other classes positive subject concord + -nachunga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chungi)
Singular Plural
1st person sichungi hatuchungi
2nd person huchungi hamchungi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachungi hawachungi
other classes negative subject concord + -chungi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachunga
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachunga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chunge)
Singular Plural
1st person nichunge tuchunge
2nd person uchunge mchunge
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achunge wachunge
other classes positive subject concord + -chunge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichunge
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechunga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechunga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichunga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichunga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achunga)
Singular Plural
1st person nachunga twachunga
2nd person wachunga mwachunga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achunga wachunga
m-mi(III/IV) wachunga yachunga
ji-ma(V/VI) lachunga yachunga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachunga vyachunga
n(IX/X) yachunga zachunga
u(XI) wachunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachunga
pa(XVI) pachunga
mu(XVIII) mwachunga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechunga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachunga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachunga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichunga
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochunga
Consecutive kachunga / positive subject concord + -kachunga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachunge
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichunga -tuchunga
2nd person -kuchunga -wachunga/-kuchungeni/-wachungeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchunga -wachunga
m-mi(III/IV) -uchunga -ichunga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichunga -yachunga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichunga -vichunga
n(IX/X) -ichunga -zichunga
u(XI) -uchunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchunga
pa(XVI) -pachunga
mu(XVIII) -muchunga
Reflexive -jichunga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chunga- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chungaye -chungao
m-mi(III/IV) -chungao -chungayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chungalo -chungayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chungacho -chungavyo
n(IX/X) -chungayo -chungazo
u(XI) -chungao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chungako
pa(XVI) -chungapo
mu(XVIII) -chungamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chunga)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechunga -ochunga
m-mi(III/IV) -ochunga -yochunga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochunga -yochunga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochunga -vyochunga
n(IX/X) -yochunga -zochunga
u(XI) -ochunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochunga
pa(XVI) -pochunga
mu(XVIII) -mochunga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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