Bungi

//bʌnˈɡiː// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an Ojibwe people of central North America, the Manitoba Saulteaux.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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.

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