chunga

See also: Chunga

Chuukese

Noun

chunga

1. painting
   • 2013 October 5, Timothy J. Dyches, “Ka Mochen Pwe Kopwe Unus?”, in LDS.org‎, retrieved 14 July 2015:

     Atun an ewe Samon a tonong non ei neni mi pwa non eu chunga seni Carl Bloch a iteni Kraist mi Apochokunata ekkewe mi Semwen non ewe Nenien Konik itan Bethesda. Bloch a chungani Jises a ekieta kinikinin mangaken eu imwan mangaku me a pwari emon "mwan mi semwen" a nom non (John 5:7) mi kokkon unukun ewe nenien konik, nge mi chok witiwit.

     The time the Lord enters in this place appears in a painting from Carl Bloch called Christ Healing the Sick in the Pool named Bethesda. Bloch painted Jesus lifting a portion of a cloth of a cloth house and he shows himself to a "sick man" in John 5:7 who is lying next to a pool, just waiting.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃũ.ɡa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃũ.ɡɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃũ.ɡɐ/

• Hyphenation: chun‧ga

Adjective

chunga m or f (plural chungas)

1. (Portugal, colloquial) crappy, dodgy, cheap (of bad quality, or in a bad condition)
2. (Porto, colloquial) bothersome

Derived terms

• chunguice

Noun

chunga m or f by sense (plural chungas)

1. (Portugal, Lisbon) a street thug

   Synonyms: (Porto) guna, (Brazil) mano, mitra

Further reading

• “chunga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “chunga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃunɡa/ [ˈt͡ʃũŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -unɡa
• Syllabification: chun‧ga

Noun

chunga f (plural chungas)

1. crazy or wild party

Adjective

chunga

1. feminine singular of chungo

Further reading

• “chungo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cùnga.

Verb

-chunga (infinitive kuchunga)

1. to protect, guard, herd animals

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mchungaji (“priest”)

Related terms

• -tunza

Etymology 2

From Common Bantu *-cʊ̀nga.

Verb

-chunga (infinitive kuchunga)

1. to sieve, sift, winnow

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • kichungi (“sieve, filter”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chunga
Positive present -nachunga Subjunctive -chunge Negative -chungi Imperative singular chunga
Infinitives
Positive kuchunga Negative kutochunga
Imperatives
Singular chunga Plural chungeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchunga Positive past positive subject concord + -lichunga Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchunga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachunga) Singular Plural 1st person ninachunga/nachunga tunachunga 2nd person unachunga mnachunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachunga wanachunga other classes positive subject concord + -nachunga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chungi) Singular Plural 1st person sichungi hatuchungi 2nd person huchungi hamchungi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachungi hawachungi other classes negative subject concord + -chungi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachunga Negative future negative subject concord + -tachunga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chunge) Singular Plural 1st person nichunge tuchunge 2nd person uchunge mchunge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achunge wachunge other classes positive subject concord + -chunge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichunge Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechunga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechunga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichunga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichunga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achunga) Singular Plural 1st person nachunga twachunga 2nd person wachunga mwachunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achunga wachunga m-mi(III/IV) wachunga yachunga ji-ma(V/VI) lachunga yachunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachunga vyachunga n(IX/X) yachunga zachunga u(XI) wachunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachunga pa(XVI) pachunga mu(XVIII) mwachunga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechunga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachunga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachunga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichunga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochunga Consecutive kachunga / positive subject concord + -kachunga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachunge
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichunga -tuchunga 2nd person -kuchunga -wachunga/-kuchungeni/-wachungeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchunga -wachunga m-mi(III/IV) -uchunga -ichunga ji-ma(V/VI) -lichunga -yachunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichunga -vichunga n(IX/X) -ichunga -zichunga u(XI) -uchunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchunga pa(XVI) -pachunga mu(XVIII) -muchunga Reflexive -jichunga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chunga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chungaye -chungao m-mi(III/IV) -chungao -chungayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chungalo -chungayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chungacho -chungavyo n(IX/X) -chungayo -chungazo u(XI) -chungao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chungako pa(XVI) -chungapo mu(XVIII) -chungamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chunga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechunga -ochunga m-mi(III/IV) -ochunga -yochunga ji-ma(V/VI) -lochunga -yochunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochunga -vyochunga n(IX/X) -yochunga -zochunga u(XI) -ochunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochunga pa(XVI) -pochunga mu(XVIII) -mochunga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.