mwongo

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mwongo¹

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

noun waongo · muongo · mlongo

  1. class i liar, cheat

mwongo²

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

noun miongo · muongo · mlongo

  1. class iii decade
  2. class iii group of ten of something

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{mwongo_2026,
  title = {mwongo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mwongo},
  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-mwongo.flac.