shoga

== Japanese == === Romanization === shoga Rōmaji transcription of しょが == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic [Term?]. === Pronunciation === === Noun === shoga class V (plural mashoga class VI) (Tanzania) girlfriend (a woman's close female friend) (slang) homosexual man or effeminate man ==== Derived terms ==== ushoga ==== See also ==== basha, hanithi, msenge === Further reading === Straface, Vincenzo (2024), “Language, Identity, and Sexuality: Swahili Linguistic Practices Among Self-Identified Gay Men in Dar es Salaam”, in Swahili Forum‎[1], volume 31, →ISSN, page 44 of 37-57