How its name became chicken gunia there is any reason i think because without it it is not named as chicken gunia?
2006-08-22 17:26:20 · 3 answers · asked by Malhar C 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
According to Lumsden's initial 1955 report about the epidemiology of the disease, the term chikungunya is derived from the Makonde root verb kungunyala, meaning to dry up or become contorted. In concurrent research, Robinson glossed the Makonde term more specifically as "that which bends up." Subsequent authors apparently overlooked the references to the Makonde language and assumed that the term derived from Swahili, the lingua franca of the region. The erroneous attribution of the term as a Swahili word has been repeated in numerous print sources; Google lists over 15,000 results in a search for "chikungunya swahili". Many other spellings and forms of the term are in common use including "Chicken guinea" and Chickengunya.
2006-08-22 17:30:38 · answer #1 · answered by Crabby 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well its not "Chicken"gunia moron...its Chikungunia...has nothing to do with chicken...
2006-08-22 17:38:48 · answer #2 · answered by Deep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
agree with deep
2006-08-22 17:41:52 · answer #3 · answered by shakes_u 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋