"msenge" meaning in Swahili

See msenge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-msenge.flac Forms: wasenge [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} msenge, {{sw-noun|wa}} msenge (m-wa class, plural wasenge)
  1. (often derogatory) a homosexual man, especially a bottom, or a transgender individual Tags: class-1, class-2, derogatory, often Categories (topical): LGBT Related terms: basha, hanithi, shoga
    Sense id: en-msenge-sw-noun-agFt5q0I Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
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        "1": "sw",
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        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "msenge (m-wa class, plural wasenge)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "LGBT",
          "orig": "sw:LGBT",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a homosexual man, especially a bottom, or a transgender individual"
      ],
      "id": "en-msenge-sw-noun-agFt5q0I",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ],
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ],
        [
          "transgender",
          "transgender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often derogatory) a homosexual man, especially a bottom, or a transgender individual"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "basha"
        },
        {
          "word": "hanithi"
        },
        {
          "word": "shoga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "derogatory",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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}
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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        "1": "wa"
      },
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  "lang_code": "sw",
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    {
      "word": "basha"
    },
    {
      "word": "hanithi"
    },
    {
      "word": "shoga"
    }
  ],
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili derogatory terms",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili m-wa class nouns",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "sw:LGBT"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a homosexual man, especially a bottom, or a transgender individual"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ],
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ],
        [
          "transgender",
          "transgender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often derogatory) a homosexual man, especially a bottom, or a transgender individual"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "derogatory",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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}

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