Swahili
nunge
NUN-ge
How to say it
SwahilinungeNUN-gesoon
Englishleper colonysoon
Frenchléproseriesoon
Meaning
a settlement or colony where people with leprosy live.
Good to know
leper colony. nungu, nungunungu; porcupine; nungu (globe fish, = bunju). nung'unika grumble, complain, pout
Examples
- Zamani, wagonjwa wa ukoma waliishi kwenye nunge.In the past, leprosy patients lived in a leper colony.
- Nunge ile ilikuwa mbali na kijiji kikuu.That leper colony was far from the main village.
- Wamisionari walijenga hospitali karibu na nunge.Missionaries built a hospital near the leper colony.
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