See also: Bangula

Aukan edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Kongo báángúla (to force (open), to break open, to pull down, to disclose), from Proto-Bantu *-bang-ud (open up).[1] Cognate of Saramaccan bangulá.

Verb edit

bangula

  1. (Aluku) to trip, to stumble

References edit

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 427

Chichewa edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

-bangulá (infinitive kubángulá)

  1. (of a lion) to roar