mboga

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mboga

  • /ˈᵐbɔ.ɠɑ/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbògà. Cognate to Luganda emboga (“cabbage”) and Rwanda-Rundi imboga.

noun mboga · uboga

  1. class ix vegetable (a plant raised for some edible part of it)
  2. class ix relish, side dish

In English

  • vegetable a plant raised for some edible part of it

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{mboga_2026,
  title = {mboga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mboga},
  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-mboga.flac.