English Explanatory Dictionary

Bungi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an Ojibwe people of central North America, the Manitoba Saulteaux.
name
  1. A creole language formerly spoken in the Red River settlement of Manitoba.

Pronunciation

/bʌnˈɡiː/

Word forms

Bungi Bungis Bungay Bungee Bungie Bungy

Etymology

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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