mboga

English

Etymology

From Swahili mboga.

Noun

mboga (plural mbogas)

1. (East Africa) vegetable

Derived terms

• mama mboga

Anagrams

• gambo

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔɡə/

Adjective

mboga

1. Eclipsed form of boga.

Verb

mboga

1. analytic present subjunctive of bog

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɣə/

Noun

mboga

1. Eclipsed form of boga.

Mutation

Mutation of mboga

radical	lenition	nasalization
boga	boga pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mboga

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swahili

Alternative forms

• uboga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbògà. Cognate to Luganda emboga (“cabbage”) and Rwanda-Rundi imboga.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

mboga class IX (plural mboga class X)

1. vegetable (a plant raised for some edible part of it)