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gunia

gunia noun: a sack.

Noun

gunia (plural gunias)

  1. (Kenya) A sack.
    • The girls mentioned a difference in access to work based on gender. One girl said, "A boy takes his gunia (bag) and goes in front of the shops so that he is given used and waste papers and cartons to sell and get some money while a street girl can stay the whole day without even getting something...2000 March 30, Philip L. Kilbride, Collette A. Suda, Enos Njeru, Street Children in Kenya: Voices of Children in Search of a Childhood, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 62

Forms of gunia

pluralgunias

Origin of gunia

Borrowed from Swahili gunia. Doublet of gunny.

Questions about gunia

What does gunia mean?
Gunia means a sack.
What part of speech is gunia?
Gunia is a noun.
What is the plural of gunia?
The plural of gunia is gunias.

Words near gunia in the dictionary

  1. gunhappy
  2. gunhawk
  3. gunhawks
  4. gunhouse
  5. gunhouses
  6. gunia
  7. Gunian
  8. gunias
  9. gunite
  10. gunites
  11. Guniyan

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