msenge

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

msenge class I (plural wasenge class II)

1. (often derogatory) a homosexual man, especially a bottom, or a transgender individual

See also

• basha, hanithi, shoga

Further reading

• Straface, Vincenzo (2024), “Language, Identity, and Sexuality: Swahili Linguistic Practices Among Self-Identified Gay Men in Dar es Salaam”, in Swahili Forum‎, volume 31, →ISSN, page 45 of 37-57