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bungi

/bʌnˈɡiː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bun-gi
IPA
/bʌnˈɡiː/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an Ojibwe people of central North America, the Manitoba Saulteaux.

name

A creole language formerly spoken in the Red River settlement of Manitoba.

Etymology

1776 sense of people, 1951 language. From Algonquian, compare Cree ᐸᐦᑭ (pahki, “part, thing, a little”), Ojibwe bangii (“part, thing, a little”)/ᐸᓐᑶ.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Bungis (plural) Bungay (alternative) Bungee (alternative) Bungie (alternative) Bungy (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce bungi?
The recorded pronunciation is /bʌnˈɡiː/.
What does bungi mean?
A member of an Ojibwe people of central North America, the Manitoba Saulteaux.
Where does bungi come from?
1776 sense of people, 1951 language. From Algonquian, compare Cree ᐸᐦᑭ (pahki, “part, thing, a little”), Ojibwe bangii (“part, thing, a little”)/ᐸᓐᑶ.

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