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bukirurunga

Bingham

bukirúrunga

vi. to resound, as falling coconut.
to backslide or fall away as christians.
n. a resounding noise like that made by a falling coconut.
a. prostrate as houses in a gale.

Sabatier

bukirurunga

n. fall, collapse, rolling of thunder, bomb burst.
v. to fall with din, to roar like thunder, to make a din, an uproar.
ex. a bukirurunga: a big crowd of people moving, changing (boat, religion, customs, etc.).
vc. kabukirurunga: to make fall...
vc. kabukirurunga: to make resound noisily.

Topics: Coconut, Weather and sky, House and village