mpunga
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Lingala
Noun
mpunga
- monkey sp.
Swahili
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu .
Pronunciation
Noun
mpunga class III (plural mipunga class IV)
See also
See also
- (Cereals) nafaka; shayiri (“barley”), mahindi (“maize”), ulezi (“millet”), oti (“oats”), mchele (“husked rice”) / mpunga (“unhusked rice”) / wali (“cooked rice”), ngano nyekundu (“rye”), mtama (“sorghum”), ngano (“wheat”) (Category: sw:Grains)
Zulu
Etymology
From impunga.
Relative
-mpunga?
Inflection
| modifier | copulative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | engimpunga | engingempunga | ngimpunga | angimpunga |
| 2nd singular | ompunga | ongempunga | umpunga | awumpunga |
| 1st plural | esimpunga | esingempunga | simpunga | asimpunga |
| 2nd plural | enimpunga | eningempunga | nimpunga | animpunga |
| class 1 | ompunga | ongempunga | umpunga | akampunga |
| class 2 | abampunga | abangempunga | bampunga | abampunga |
| class 3 | ompunga | ongempunga | umpunga | awumpunga |
| class 4 | empunga | engempunga | impunga | ayimpunga |
| class 5 | elimpunga | elingempunga | limpunga | alimpunga |
| class 6 | ampunga | angempunga | ampunga | awampunga |
| class 7 | esimpunga | esingempunga | simpunga | asimpunga |
| class 8 | ezimpunga | ezingempunga | zimpunga | azimpunga |
| class 9 | empunga | engempunga | impunga | ayimpunga |
| class 10 | ezimpunga | ezingempunga | zimpunga | azimpunga |
| class 11 | olumpunga | olungempunga | lumpunga | alumpunga |
| class 14 | obumpunga | obungempunga | bumpunga | abumpunga |
| class 15 | okumpunga | okungempunga | kumpunga | akumpunga |
| class 17 | okumpunga | okungempunga | kumpunga | akumpunga |
See also
| -mhlophe | -mpunga; -ngwevu | -mnyama |
| -bomvu | -nsundu | -liphuzi; -ncombo |
| -luhlaza | ||
| -luhlaza | ||
| -nsomi |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mpunga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mpunga”