gúni

See also: guni and guní

Macanese

Alternative forms

• gunde

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay guni and/or English gunny, ultimately from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī́, “sack”), from Dravidian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.ni/

Noun

gúni

1. coarse sack for storing rice or sand

   Synonyms: saco gúni, saco gúndi

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with guní.

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “gúni”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 457
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#guni