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Ngúnga

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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    • Any sonorous instrument
    • Bell
    • Sound produced by a stroke on the bell
    • Toll
    • fig. Chatterbox. Person who talks too much or does not keep secrets.
    Examples
    • 💬kuxika ngúnga
  2. 2
    • Current (of a canal, a river)
    • Movement of a liquid in a given direction
    • Movement of air or fluid in a certain direction.
    Examples
    • 💬ngúnga ia muîji
    • 💬mungúngaia mulenge
  3. 3
    What is current
  4. 4
    • Current; flow
    • Row; uninterrupted series
    • Impetus in advancing
    • Impetuosity
    • Usage.
    Examples
    • 💬mu ngúnga ia mulundu
    • 💬u endela mu ngúnga
  5. 5
    adjective
    • That runs or passes
    • That stirs with impetus
    • That hurls itself with violence
    • Impetuous; vehement.
    Examples
    • 💬mu ngúnga ia kizuua
  6. 6
    preposition
    During
  7. 7
    adverb
    • Fluently; with ease
    • Familiarly; without obstacle.
    Examples
    • 💬kutangela mukanda mu ngúnga
  8. 8
    ichthyology
    Large sea fish, producer of prolonged sounds
  9. 9
    zoology
    • Large ruminant of the forests, larger in size than an ox
    • Gnu.
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