"mpingo" meaning in All languages combined

See mpingo on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili mpingobor. English mpingo Borrowed from Swahili mpingo, from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|sw:mpingo|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili mpingobor. English mpingo [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "mpingo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mpingo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="mpingo"> Borrowed from Swahili mpingo, from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} mpingo
  1. Synonym of African blackwood Synonyms: African blackwood [synonym, synonym-of]

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-mpingo.flac [Kenya] Forms: mipingo [class-iv, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{etymon|sw|:inh|bnt-pro:}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "mpingo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="mpingo">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sw|bnt-pro||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu [Term?], {{inh+|sw|bnt-pro}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} mpingo class III (plural mipingo class IV)
  1. The ebony tree (any of various trees in the genera Dalbergia and Diospyros) Tags: class-iii

Inflected forms

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