hongera

== Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Noun === hongera class IX (plural hongera class X) congratulation (act of congratulating) === Interjection === hongera (plural hongereni) congratulations! (expressing approbation) Synonyms: pongezi, heko === References === Almasi, Oswald; Fallon, Michael David; Nazish, Pardhan Wared (2014), Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels, Lanham • New York • Oxford: University Press of America, →ISBN, page 373: “Shabashi! or Hongera! – Expresses congratulations, exactly as the English expression “Congratulations!””