chungu
Kiswahili
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chungu¹
- /ˈtʃu.ᵑɡu/
noun vyungu
- earthenware pot, used for cooking rice
chungu²
- /ˈtʃu.ᵑɡu/
- /ˈtʃʰu.ᵑɡu/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *ncungu (ant species). May be related to -chungu (“bitter”) and uchungu (“pain”). Cognate with Giryama tsʰungu and Kipfokomo ntsungu.
noun chungu
- ant
chungu³
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-cungu, ultimately from Common Bantu *bʊ̀cʊ́ngʊ́. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -tsungu and Giryama -tsungu.
adjective -chungu · mchungu · wachungu · michungu · chungu · machungu
- bitter
chungu⁴
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *ncungu (“heap”). Cognate with Giryama tsʰungu and Chimwiini nt̪ungu.
noun chungu
- heap
In English
- pot vessel for cooking or storing food etc.
Talk about this word "chungu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/chungu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chungu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/chungu "chungu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/chungu.Cite this
@misc{chungu_2026,
title = {chungu},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/chungu},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
