nyonga

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nyonga¹

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *njóngà.

noun nyonga

  1. class ix hip

    Similar: unyonga

noun

  1. plural plural of unyonga

nyonga²

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

verb -nyonga · kunyonga · kutonyonga · nyonga · nyongeni

  1. to strangle, garrote, throttle; to hang
  2. to twist
  3. Sheng to masturbate

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

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

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

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@misc{nyonga_2026,
  title = {nyonga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/nyonga},
  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-nyonga.flac.