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Kung
(Kung)
Pronunciation:
/kʊŋ/
noun
(
plural
)
1
a member of a San (Bushman) people of the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa.
2
[
mass noun
]
the Khoisan language of the Kung, with about 10,000 speakers.
adjective
relating to the Kung or their language.
Origin:
Khoikhoi
!Kung
, literally 'people'
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