benga
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See also: beng·a
English
Noun
benga (uncountable)
- (music) A genre of Kenyan popular music in an urban style associated with stringed instrumentation.
Anagrams
Garo
Verb
benga
Kituba
Verb
benga
- to call
Lingala
Verb
benga
- to call
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ẽɡɐ
Noun
benga f (plural bengas)
- (Brazil, slang) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis
Further reading
- “benga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani beng (“devil”).
Noun
benga m (uncountable)
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
benga
- (intransitive) to throb
Conjugation
| Conjugation of benga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | tobenga | fobenga | mibenga | |
| 2nd | nobenga | nibenga | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | obenga | ibenga, yobenga† | |
| Feminine | mobenga | |||
| Neuter | ibenga | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh