madungu

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo ma-dúngu, Yombe dúungu ("scrotal hernia").[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /madunˈɡu/, [ma̠dunˈɡu], [mɑ̟dunˈɡu]

Noun

madungu

  1. hydrocele testis
  2. inguinal hernia

Descendants

  • Aukan: manungú
  • Saramaccan: manungú

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015), “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 440

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

madungu

  1. plural of dungu
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