kungu cake

noun

kun·​gu cake

ˈku̇ŋ(ˌ)gü

: a food made by the natives about Lake Nyasa consisting of compressed cakes of kungu flies

Word History

Etymology

kungu from Nyanja nkungu kungu fly

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