sangu
sangu Lexical Profile
• noun
Indian A sacred conch shell used as a trumpet in Hindu rituals and South Indian cultural practices.
"The temple priest blew the sangu to signal the beginning of the evening puja, filling the courtyard with its resonant sound."
The Bantu language spoken by the Sangu people in the Mbeya region of southwestern Tanzania.
"The linguist spent several months in Tanzania documenting the phonology and syntax of Sangu."
A member of a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native to the Usangu Plains in southwestern Tanzania.
"Historically, the Sangu were renowned for their formidable military organization and extensive trade networks."
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Word Origin & Etymology
A word of multiple origins: in the African context, it derives from the Bantu ethnonym for the people of the Usangu Plains; in the South Asian context, it derives from Tamil 'சங்கு' (caṅku), ultimately from Sanskrit 'शङ्ख' (śaṅkha), meaning 'conch'.
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