High Eolic word of the day: punga

punga (noun): poor, impoverished.

punga mbe varna yurtingá
poor and power-hungry judge.REFL
“the poor and power-hungry [alike] are responsible for their own fortunes” (= ‘judge themselves’)

Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_104_punga_example

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