Bungi

Meanings

Noun

• A member of an Ojibwe people of central North America, the Manitoba Saulteaux.

Proper Noun

• A creole language formerly spoken in the Red River settlement of Manitoba.

Origin

• 1776 sense of people, 1951 language. From Algonquian, compare Cree ᐸᐦᑭ ("part, thing, a little"), Ojibwe bangii ("part, thing, a little")/ᐸᓐᑶ.