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mũũnge

n. · class 1/2

  1. light-brown silky or hairy substance; maize silk; 2. tuft, crest, plume on a helmet, and similar things., single stripped feather attached to a young man's hair, tassel of a fez cap; long tuft of white hair on the tail of a colobus monkey; 3. tail of a comet or shooting star; long strip of bark carried at dances; 4. (with cl. 9/10 concords) cow with long white or light-brown hair hanging down on the tail or on the breast or belly; ruta mũũnge = get angry, show bad temper
  2. tuft, crest, plume on a helmet, &c., single stripped feather attached to a young man's hair, tassel of a fez cap; long tuft of white hair on the tail of a colobus monkey
  3. tail of a comet or shooting star; long strip of bark carried at dances

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