"mchanga" meaning in Swahili

See mchanga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-mchanga.flac [Kenya]
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. M class inflected form of -changa.
    Sense id: en-mchanga-sw-adj-UJ2avd1t Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m- Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 45 45 2 1 8 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 44 44 5 3 3
  2. M class inflected form of -changa. Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14, form-of Form of: -changa
    Sense id: en-mchanga-sw-adj-~Up9MZDe Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m- Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 45 45 2 1 8 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 44 44 5 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mchanga.flac [Kenya] Forms: michanga [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mchanga, {{sw-noun|mi}} mchanga (m-mi class, plural michanga)
  1. sand Tags: class-3, class-4
    Sense id: en-mchanga-sw-noun-9519JFWD
  2. powder, dust Tags: class-3, class-4 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 [Kenya] Forms: wachanga [plural]
Etymology: From m- + -changa (“young”). Etymology templates: {{affix|sw|m-|changa|alt2=-changa|t2=young}} m- + -changa (“young”) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mchanga, {{sw-noun|wa}} mchanga (m-wa class, plural wachanga)
  1. young person Tags: class-1, class-2
    Sense id: en-mchanga-sw-noun-1p99hMSu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mchanga meaning in Swahili (4.1kB)

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