hunger

yunwa

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Noun

Singular hunger

Plural hungers

1. Hunger is the feeling when wanting food when your stomach is empty. <> yunwa.

   When I have hunger then I want to have some food.

   He suffered from hunger and thirst.

2. Hunger is a serious lack of food. <> tsananin rashin abinci.

   Even after the war, people are dying of poverty and hunger.

Related words

• hungry
• famine