yungu

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Duala

Pronunciation

Noun

yungu (plural lungu)

  1. mosquito, gnat

Derived terms

(Nouns)

Further reading

  • Helmlinger, Paul (1972) “yungu”, in Dictionnaire duala-français, suivi d’un lexique français-duala (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 536

Vili

Alternative forms

Noun

yungu

  1. Drypetes gossweileri, tree of the family Putranjivaceae (formerly Euphorbiaceae)
    Synonym: kisasata

Further reading

  • Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36)‎ (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 113