upanga

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upanga

  • /uˈpɑ.ᵑɡɑ/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀pángà (“machete”).

noun panga

  1. class xi sword

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

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{upanga_2026,
  title = {upanga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/upanga},
  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-upanga.flac.