chungu

== Swahili == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈtʃu.ᵑɡu/ (Kimvita) IPA(key): /ˈtʃu.ᵑɡu/ Hyphenation: chu‧ngu ==== Noun ==== chungu class VII (plural vyungu class VIII) earthenware pot, used for cooking rice === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *ncungu (ant species). May be related to -chungu (“bitter”) and uchungu (“pain”). Cognate with Giryama tsʰungu and Kipfokomo ntsungu. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈtʃu.ᵑɡu/ (Kimvita) IPA(key): /ˈtʃʰu.ᵑɡu/ ==== Noun ==== chungu class IX (plural chungu class X) ant === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-cungu, ultimately from Common Bantu *bʊ̀cʊ́ngʊ́. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -tsungu and Giryama -tsungu. ==== Adjective ==== -chungu (declinable) bitter ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== uchungu === Etymology 4 === Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *ncungu (“heap”). Cognate with Giryama tsʰungu and Chimwiini nt̪ungu. ==== Noun ==== chungu class IX (plural chungu class X) heap