"mboga" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mbogas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili mboga. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|sw:mboga|text=++|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "mboga", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "sw" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mboga", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="mboga"> Borrowed from Swahili mboga. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mboga (plural mbogas)
  1. (East Africa) vegetable Tags: Africa, East Derived forms: mama mboga
    Sense id: en-mboga-en-noun-RxW3NAhd Categories (other): East African English, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 29 14 33 19 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 44 7 17 30 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 11 24 26 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 67 6 15 9 2 1

Inflected forms

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