benga
English
Noun
benga (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#BENGACategory:English nouns#BENGACategory:English uncountable nouns#BENGACategory:English uncountable nouns#BENGACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BENGACategory:Pages with entries#BENGACategory:Pages with 8 entries#BENGA
- (musicCategory:en:Music#BENGA) A genre of Kenyan popular music in an urban style associated with stringed instrumentation.
Anagrams
Garo
Verb
bengaCategory:Garo lemmas#BENGACategory:Garo verbs#BENGACategory:Garo entries with incorrect language header#BENGACategory:Pages with entries#BENGACategory:Pages with 8 entries#BENGA
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbəŋa/ [ˈbɨː.ŋʌ]Category:Kankanaey 2-syllable words#BENACategory:Kankanaey terms with IPA pronunciation#BENA (“report”)
- IPA(key): /bəˈŋa/ [bɨˈŋa]Category:Kankanaey 2-syllable words#BENACategory:Kankanaey terms with IPA pronunciation#BENA (“flower”)
- Syllabification: be‧nga
Noun
bë́ngaCategory:Kankanaey lemmas#BENACategory:Kankanaey nouns#BENACategory:Kankanaey entries with incorrect language header#BENACategory:Pages with entries#BENGACategory:Pages with 8 entries#BENGA
Derived terms
Noun
bëngáCategory:Kankanaey lemmas#BENACategory:Kankanaey nouns#BENACategory:Kankanaey entries with incorrect language header#BENACategory:Pages with entries#BENGACategory:Pages with 8 entries#BENGA
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), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 82
Kituba
Verb
bengaCategory:Kituba lemmas#BENGACategory:Kituba verbs#BENGACategory:Kituba entries with incorrect language header#BENGACategory:Pages with entries#BENGACategory:Pages with 8 entries#BENGA
- to call
Lingala
Verb
-benga (infinitive kobenga)Category:Lingala lemmas#BENACategory:Lingala verbs#BENACategory:Lingala entries with incorrect language header#BENACategory:Pages with entries#BENGACategory:Pages with 8 entries#BENGA
- to call
Portuguese
Etymology
UnknownCategory:Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies#BENGA.
Pronunciation
Noun
benga f (plural bengas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#BENGACategory:Portuguese nouns#BENGACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#BENGACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BENGACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#BENGACategory:Pages with entries#BENGACategory:Pages with 8 entries#BENGA
Further reading
- “benga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from RomaniCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Romani#BENGACategory:Romanian terms derived from Romani#BENGA beng (“devil”).
Noun
benga m (uncountable)Category:Romanian lemmas#BENGACategory:Romanian nouns#BENGACategory:Romanian uncountable nouns#BENGACategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BENGACategory:Romanian masculine nouns#BENGACategory:Pages with entries#BENGACategory:Pages with 8 entries#BENGA
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
bengaCategory:Ternate lemmas#BENGACategory:Ternate verbs#BENGACategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#BENGACategory:Pages with entries#BENGACategory:Pages with 8 entries#BENGA
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
