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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kichungi.

a sieve

8 characters3 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a sieve

    class-vii

  2. a filter

    class-vii

  3. a cigarette filter (device to stop tobacco from entering the mouth)

    class-vii
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Swahili ki- Swahili -chunga Proto-Bantu *-ì Swahili -i Swahili kichungi From ki- + -chunga (“to sift, to sieve”) + -i.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.