mgeni

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

mgeni class I (plural wageni class II)

  1. foreigner
    Synonym: ajinabi
  2. stranger
  3. guest, visitor

Descendants

  • → Gujarati: મગેની (magenī)

Adjective

mgeni

  1. m class(I)/m class(III)/u class(XI) inflected form of -geni
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