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Where does “hunga” come from?
hunga (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish jugar, from Latin iocārī.
hunga
(Papiamentu): to play
Definitions
to play
Ancestry of “hunga”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Spanish
jugar
to play; to risk, take a chance
2
Latin
iocārī
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Every word from Latin iocārī →
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