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गूंगा gūṅgā[prob. for gūṅ-gāṅ, 'inarticulate sound'=S. क्वणredupl.;—or onomat.], adj. (f. -ī), Dumb, mute, speechless:—gūṅgīpahelī, s.f. A riddle asked in dumb-show (e.g. a finger placed on the forehead denotes karam, 'fate'; and the finger on the cheek signifies kallā, 'cheek': the two words together make karam-kallā, 'cabbage').
Origin: Hindi