"ngoma" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

IPA: /ˈŋɡɔma/ Audio: Sw-ke-ngoma.flac [Kenya] Forms: ngoma [canonical], ngoma [plural], mangoma [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ngòmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*ngòmà}} Proto-Bantu *ngòmà Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} ngoma, {{sw-noun|n}} ngoma (n class, plural ngoma), {{head|sw|noun|head=}} ngoma, {{sw-noun|ma}} ngoma (ma class, plural mangoma)
  1. (music) drum Tags: class-10, class-5, class-6, class-9 Categories (topical): Music, Percussion instruments
    Sense id: en-ngoma-sw-noun-J1KitURv Disambiguation of Percussion instruments: 92 8 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. dance Tags: class-10, class-5, class-6, class-9 Categories (topical): Dance Synonyms: dansi
    Sense id: en-ngoma-sw-noun-LDccKtpz Disambiguation of Dance: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: goma

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ngoma meaning in Swahili (2.5kB)

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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 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c 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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