mulungu
See also: Mulungu
Chichewa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈɽu.ᵑɡu/
Noun
mulungu class 3 (plural milungu class 4)
Derived terms
See also
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- murungu
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mu.lũˈɡu/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.lũˈɡu/
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: mu‧lun‧gu
Noun
mulungu m (plural mulungus)(Brazil)
- mulungu (Erythrina mulungu)
- (loosely) coral tree (any species in the genus Erythrina)
Derived terms
- Mulungu do Morro
- mulungu-da-caatinga
- mulungu-do-litoral
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Mulunguh
References
- “mulungu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “mulungu”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “mulungu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “mulungu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “mulungu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Venda
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀.
Noun
mulungu (plural vhalungu)
- white person