mulungu
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See also: Mulungu
Chichewa
Pronunciation
Noun
mulungu class 3 (plural milungu class 4)
Derived terms
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: mu‧lun‧gu
Noun
mulungu m (plural mulungus)(Brazil)
- mulungu (Erythrina mulungu)
- (broadly) coral tree (any species in the genus Erythrina)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Mulunguh
References
- “mulungu”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “mulungu”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
- “mulungu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “mulungu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “mulungu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
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Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀.
Noun
mulungu (plural vhalungu)
- white person