mulungu

See also: Mulungu

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɽu.ᵑɡu/

Noun

mulungu class 3 (plural milungu class 4)

1. god

Derived terms

• Mulungu

See also

• mlungu

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)

1. mulungu (Erythrina mulungu)
2. (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 iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mulungu”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 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)

1. white person