Get to know Sunu better with 6 real example sentences.
Using Sunu
- In the example corpus, sunu often appears in combinations such as: phrase sunu, sunu gaal.
Context around Sunu
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sunu
- In this selection, "sunu" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, phrase, book, hornung, gaal, snail and assurances stand out and add context to how "sunu" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include book sunu sunu snail a and his book sunu sunu snail. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sunu" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sunu
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sunu Assurances is grouped with the insurance sub-sector under financial services. (12 words)
His contemporary, Damião de Góis (1567) records it as Sonedech (from "sunu dekh", Wolof for "our river"). (17 words)
His book Sunu-Sunu Snail: A Storm in the Garden, Thakitta Tharikitta Bouncing Ball are a few of his popular books. (21 words)
One popular theory (proposed by David Boilat in 1853) is that it stems from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, which means "our canoe" (or pirogue ), resulting from a miscommunication between 15th-century Portuguese sailors and Wolof fishermen. (37 words)
Older explanations compare the name with Old Frisian horning (Anglo-Saxon hornung-sunu, Old Norse hornungr) meaning "bastard, illegitimate son", taken to imply a meaning of "disinherited" in reference to February being the shortest of months. (36 words)
A popular one, first proposed by Fr. David Boilat (1853), was that "Senegal" comes from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, meaning "our canoe" (more precisely, "our pirogue "). (27 words)
Example sentences (6)
His book Sunu-Sunu Snail: A Storm in the Garden, Thakitta Tharikitta Bouncing Ball are a few of his popular books.
Sunu Assurances is grouped with the insurance sub-sector under financial services.
A popular one, first proposed by Fr. David Boilat (1853), was that "Senegal" comes from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, meaning "our canoe" (more precisely, "our pirogue ").
His contemporary, Damião de Góis (1567) records it as Sonedech (from "sunu dekh", Wolof for "our river").
Older explanations compare the name with Old Frisian horning (Anglo-Saxon hornung-sunu, Old Norse hornungr) meaning "bastard, illegitimate son", taken to imply a meaning of "disinherited" in reference to February being the shortest of months.
One popular theory (proposed by David Boilat in 1853) is that it stems from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, which means "our canoe" (or pirogue ), resulting from a miscommunication between 15th-century Portuguese sailors and Wolof fishermen.
Common combinations with sunu
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: