benga

See also: beng·a

English

Noun

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Wikipedia

benga (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of Kenyan popular music in an urban style associated with stringed instrumentation.

Anagrams

• Bange, abeng, began

Garo

Verb

benga

1. 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

1. reporting, telling, relating, announcing, proclaiming

Derived terms

• naibengaan

Noun

bëngá

1. flower, bloom, blossom

Derived terms

• nabeng-an
• panagbenga

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

benga

1. to call

Lingala

Verb

-benga (infinitive kobenga)

1. to call

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbẽ.ɡɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽɡɐ

Noun

benga f (plural bengas)

1. (Brazil, slang) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Further reading

• “benga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani beng (“devil”).

Noun

benga m (uncountable)

1. (slang) the devil

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbe.ŋa]

Verb

benga

1. (intransitive) to throb

Conjugation

Conjugation of benga

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobenga	fobenga	mibenga
2nd person		nobenga	nibenga
3rd person	masculine	obenga	ibenga yobenga (archaic)
	feminine	mobenga
	neuter	ibenga

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh