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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

uchungu.

bitterness

7 characters3 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun/uˈtʃu.ᵑɡu/
  1. bitterness

    class-xi · no-plural
  2. pain, sadness

    class-xi · no-plural
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *wucungu, from Common Bantu *bʊ̀cʊ́ngʊ́. By surface analysis, u- + -chungu. In Sabaki, cognate with Ndzwani Comorian utsungu (“juice of orange peel”) and Giryama utsungu (“poison”). Other Bantu cognates include Zulu ubuhlungu and Kabwa obhusungu.

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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.