"mzungu" meaning in Swahili

See mzungu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mˈzu.ᵑɡu/ Audio: Sw-ke-mzungu.flac [Kenya] Forms: wazungu [plural]
Etymology: From Common Bantu *mʊ̀díʊ́ngʊ̀. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|bnt-cmn|*mʊ̀díʊ́ngʊ̀}} Common Bantu *mʊ̀díʊ́ngʊ̀ Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mzungu, {{sw-noun|wa}} mzungu (m-wa class, plural wazungu)
  1. European, white person Tags: class-1, class-2 Synonyms: mweupe
    Sense id: en-mzungu-sw-noun-f~5~vDHs Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10
  2. (sometimes derogatory) rich person (who is not white) Tags: class-1, class-2, derogatory, sometimes Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-mzungu-sw-noun-eAN8BaEK Disambiguation of People: 0 100

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mzungu meaning in Swahili (2.0kB)

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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 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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