mbungati

Swahili

Etymology

Potentially a cognate with Chichewa mvunguti (“sausage tree”).

Noun

mbungati class III (plural mibungati class IV)

  1. sausage tree (Kigelia africana)
    Synonyms: mwegea, mnyegea

References

  • Johnson, Frederick (1939), A Standard Swahili-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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