mpingo

mpingo

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Bantu [Term?]
Swahili mpingobor.
English mpingo

    Borrowed from Swahili mpingo, from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

    Noun

    mpingo

    1. Synonym of African blackwood

    Anagrams

    Swahili

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

      mpingo class III (plural mipingo class IV)

      1. The ebony tree (any of various trees in the genera Dalbergia and Diospyros)

      Descendants

      • → English: mpingo
      • → Kikuyu: mũbĩngũ
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