"gongo" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-gongo.flac [Kenya] Forms: magongo [plural]
Etymology: From -gonga (“to hit, beat, strike”). Etymology templates: {{m|sw|gonga|-gonga|gloss=to hit, beat, strike}} -gonga (“to hit, beat, strike”) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} gongo, {{sw-noun|ma}} gongo (ma class, plural magongo)
  1. club, cudgel Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-gongo-sw-noun-LuL3Hk9J Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. top or highest part Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-gongo-sw-noun-LoHogRIa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mgongo

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gongo meaning in Swahili (1.4kB)

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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 2024-05-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (8203a16 and 304864d). 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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