"bongo" meaning in Swahili

See bongo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-bongo.flac Forms: mabongo [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *jòngó. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*jòngó}} Proto-Bantu *jòngó Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} bongo, {{sw-noun|ma}} bongo (ma class, plural mabongo)
  1. (anatomy) brain Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-bongo-sw-noun-u796ZBLW Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. brains (mental faculties) Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-bongo-sw-noun-3qSrnrY5 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ubongo

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *jòngó.",
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            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili ma class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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