benga

== English == === Noun === benga (uncountable) (music) A genre of Kenyan popular music in an urban style associated with stringed instrumentation. === Anagrams === Bange, abeng, began == Garo == === Verb === benga to be deaf == Kankanaey == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbəŋa/ [ˈbɨː.ŋʌ] (“report”) Rhymes: -əŋa IPA(key): /bəˈŋa/ [bɨˈŋa] (“flower”) Rhymes: -a Syllabification: be‧nga === Noun === bë́nga reporting, telling, relating, announcing, proclaiming ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === bëngá flower, bloom, blossom ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “benga”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 82 == Kituba == === Verb === benga to call == Lingala == === Verb === -benga (infinitive kobenga) 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, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Romani beng (“devil”). === Noun === benga m (uncountable) (slang) the devil == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbe.ŋa] === Verb === benga (intransitive) to throb ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh