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Dikungu

Noun class IVnounReviewedpage 348

Portuguese spellingRikungu

Word formsMakunguplural · candidate · corpus spelling “makungu” ×15 · review-flagged ×3

Definitions

1
Ravine; excavation; pit. fig. Precipice.
PT Barroca; escavação; cova. fig. Precipício.·FR Ravin; excavation; fosse. fig. Précipice.
Seen in the folk-tales
- Akandele dikungu boxi.They dug a hole in the ground.V · told by Jelemía dia Sabatelu
- Uaxikama; uakuzuka mu dikungu; a mu vumbika.He sat down; dropped into the hole; they covered him up.V · told by Jelemía dia Sabatelu