sitatunga

English

Alternative forms

• situtunga

Etymology

From Swahili.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪtəˈtʌŋɡə/

Noun

sitatunga (plural sitatungas)

1. The marsh buck, Tragelaphus spekeii.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 148:

     ‘There's plenty here,’ he grunts, nodding at the bloated carcasses of two hartebeests and a sitatunga.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.taˈtun.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -unɡa
• Hyphenation: si‧ta‧tùn‧ga

Noun

sitatunga m (invariable)

1. sitatunga, marsh buck (Tragelaphus spekii)

See also

• tragelafo striato