mgeni

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gènì. By surface analysis, m- +‎ -geni (“foreign, strange”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

mgeni (m-wa class, plural wageni)

  1. foreigner
    Synonym: ajinabi
  2. stranger

Descendants
  • → Gujarati: મગેની (magenī)

Adjective

mgeni

  1. M class inflected form of -geni.
  2. U class inflected form of -geni.
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