"gongo" meaning in Swahili

See gongo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-gongo.flac Forms: gongo class V [canonical], magongo class VI [plural]
Etymology: From -gonga (“to hit, beat, strike”). Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} gongo class V (plural magongo class VI)
  1. club, cudgel
    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
    Sense id: en-gongo-sw-noun-LoHogRIa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mgongo

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From -gonga (“to hit, beat, strike”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gongo class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magongo class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "gongo class V (plural magongo class VI)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mgongo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "club, cudgel"
      ],
      "id": "en-gongo-sw-noun-LuL3Hk9J",
      "links": [
        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ],
        [
          "cudgel",
          "cudgel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "top or highest part"
      ],
      "id": "en-gongo-sw-noun-LoHogRIa",
      "links": [
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-gongo.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Sw-ke-gongo.flac/Sw-ke-gongo.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Sw-ke-gongo.flac/Sw-ke-gongo.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gongo"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class V nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From -gonga (“to hit, beat, strike”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gongo class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magongo class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "gongo class V (plural magongo class VI)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mgongo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "club, cudgel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ],
        [
          "cudgel",
          "cudgel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "top or highest part"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-gongo.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Sw-ke-gongo.flac/Sw-ke-gongo.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Sw-ke-gongo.flac/Sw-ke-gongo.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gongo"
}

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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 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). 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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