bangula

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Aukan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Kongo báángúla (“to force (open), to break open, to pull down, to disclose”), from Proto-Bantu *-bang-ud (“open up”).[1] Cognate of Saramaccan bangulá.

Verb[edit]

bangula

  1. (Aluku) to trip, to stumble

References[edit]

  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 427

Chichewa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

-bangulá (infinitive kubángulá)

  1. (of a lion) to roar
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