"mwongo" meaning in All languages combined

See mwongo on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-mwongo.flac [Kenya] Forms: waongo [class-ii, plural], muongo [alternative], mlongo [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:inh|bnt-pro:|id=liar|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "mwongo", "lang" : "sw" }" data-id="liar" data-lang="sw" data-title="mwongo" id="Swahili:_liar"> Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Head templates: {{sw-noun|wa|waongo}} mwongo class I (plural waongo class II)
  1. liar, cheat Tags: class-i
    Sense id: en-mwongo-sw-noun-p24GfXAh Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Swahili entries with etymology texts, Swahili entries with etymon, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Lying Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 20 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 87 7 6 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology texts: 72 22 6 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 84 8 7 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 56 40 4 Disambiguation of Lying: 70 16 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-mwongo.flac [Kenya] Forms: miongo [class-iv, plural], muongo [alternative], mlongo [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:inh|bnt-pro:|id=ten|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "mwongo", "lang" : "sw" }" data-id="ten" data-lang="sw" data-title="mwongo" id="Swahili:_ten"> Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} mwongo class III (plural miongo class IV)
  1. decade Tags: class-iii
    Sense id: en-mwongo-sw-noun-Wc15PAXw Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 0 100 0
  2. group of ten of something Tags: class-iii
    Sense id: en-mwongo-sw-noun-aUocHvqh Categories (other): Ten Disambiguation of Ten: 25 4 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -a miongo
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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