"shoga" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-shoga.flac Forms: shoga class V [canonical], mashoga class VI [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar}} Borrowed from Arabic [Term?] Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} shoga class V (plural mashoga class VI)
  1. (Tanzania) girlfriend (a woman's close female friend)
    Sense id: en-shoga-sw-noun-ySuGBCPN Categories (other): Tanzanian Swahili, Friendship, LGBTQ Disambiguation of Friendship: 58 42 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 78 22
  2. (slang) homosexual man or effeminate man Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-shoga-sw-noun-Uki2sVpI Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ushoga Related terms: basha, hanithi, msenge
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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        "(slang) homosexual man or effeminate man"
      ],
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        "slang"
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    }
  ],
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}

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