Swahili
kunguni
koon-GOO-nee
How to say it
Swahilikungunikoon-GOO-neesoon
Englishbedbugsoon
Frenchpunaisesoon
Meaning
a bedbug, or by extension an insect that eats the roots of growing plants.
Good to know
kunguni mgunda specifically refers to a root-eating insect pest.
Examples
- Kitanda kile kimejaa kunguni.That bed is infested with bedbugs.
- Tulinunua dawa ya kuua kunguni.We bought spray to kill the bedbugs.
- Je, kunguni wanauma usiku tu?Do bedbugs only bite at night?
- Kunguni mgunda waliharibu mizizi ya mahindi.Root-eating insects destroyed the maize roots.
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