hongo

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hongo

noun hongo

  1. class ix bribe, tribute (payment exacted from someone)

    Similar: rushwa, hongo, chai, kitu kidogo, mlungula, kadhongo, chauchau, chichiri, chirimiri

In English

  • bribe inducement to a breaking of the rules

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"hongo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/hongo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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hongo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hongo

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"hongo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hongo.

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@misc{hongo_2026,
  title = {hongo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hongo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-hongo.flac.