"mchanga" meaning in Swahili

See mchanga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-mchanga.flac
Etymology: From m- + -changa (“young”). Etymology templates: {{affix|sw|m-|changa|alt2=-changa|t2=young}} m- + -changa (“young”) Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective form}} mchanga
  1. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] inflected form of -changa
    Sense id: en-mchanga-sw-adj-Ns~dBYQI Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m- Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 6 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 5 5 0 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 82 2 2 13 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 73 10 10 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mchanga.flac Forms: mchanga class III [canonical], michanga class IV [plural]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} mchanga class III (plural michanga class IV)
  1. sand
    Sense id: en-mchanga-sw-noun-9519JFWD
  2. powder, dust Synonyms (powder, dust): vumbi
    Sense id: en-mchanga-sw-noun-zEuL1-gX Disambiguation of 'powder, dust': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mchanga.flac Forms: mchanga class I [canonical], wachanga class II [plural]
Etymology: From m- + -changa (“young”). Etymology templates: {{affix|sw|m-|changa|alt2=-changa|t2=young}} m- + -changa (“young”) Head templates: {{sw-noun|wa}} mchanga class I (plural wachanga class II)
  1. young person
    Sense id: en-mchanga-sw-noun-1p99hMSu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "dust",
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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  ],
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