"Mulungu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chichewa]

IPA: /muˈɽu.ᵑɡu/
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀ (“God - zone N”). Cognate with Swahili Mungu (“God”), Maore Comorian Mungu (“God”), Kwere Mulungu (“God”), Yao (Africa) Mlungu (“God”), Makhuwa-Shirima Muluku (“God”), Zigula Mnungu (“God”), Makonde Nnungu (“God”) and Luguru Imulungu (“God”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ny|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀||God - zone N|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀ (“God - zone N”), {{inh+|ny|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀||God - zone N}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀ (“God - zone N”), {{cog|sw|Mungu||God}} Swahili Mungu (“God”), {{cog|swb|Mungu||God}} Maore Comorian Mungu (“God”), {{cog|cwe|Mulungu||God}} Kwere Mulungu (“God”), {{cog|yao|Mlungu||God}} Yao (Africa) Mlungu (“God”), {{cog|vmk|Muluku||God}} Makhuwa-Shirima Muluku (“God”), {{cog|ziw|Mnungu||God}} Zigula Mnungu (“God”), {{cog|kde|Nnungu||God}} Makonde Nnungu (“God”), {{cog|ruf|Imulungu||God}} Luguru Imulungu (“God”) Head templates: {{ny-noun|Mulungu|1|-}} Mulungu class 1
  1. God Tags: class-1 Derived forms: Lamulungu (english: Sunday)
    Sense id: en-Mulungu-ny-noun-nFRNlrDI Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Religion

Proper name [Kwere]

Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀ (“God”). Cognate with Swahili Mungu (“God”), Maore Comorian Mungu (“God”), Chichewa Mulungu (“God”), Yao (Africa) Mlungu (“God”), Makhuwa-Shirima Muluku (“God”), Zigula Mnungu (“God”), Makonde Nnungu (“God”) and Luguru Imulungu (“God”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cwe|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀||God|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀ (“God”), {{inh+|cwe|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀||God}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀ (“God”), {{cog|sw|Mungu||God}} Swahili Mungu (“God”), {{cog|swb|Mungu||God}} Maore Comorian Mungu (“God”), {{cog|ny|Mulungu||God}} Chichewa Mulungu (“God”), {{cog|yao|Mlungu||God}} Yao (Africa) Mlungu (“God”), {{cog|vmk|Muluku||God}} Makhuwa-Shirima Muluku (“God”), {{cog|ziw|Mnungu||God}} Zigula Mnungu (“God”), {{cog|kde|Nnungu||God}} Makonde Nnungu (“God”), {{cog|ruf|Imulungu||God}} Luguru Imulungu (“God”) Head templates: {{head|cwe|proper noun}} Mulungu
  1. God
    Sense id: en-Mulungu-cwe-name-nFRNlrDI Categories (other): Kwere entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, God
     
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.