shoga

Japanese

Romanization

shoga

1. Rōmaji transcription of しょが

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

shoga class V (plural mashoga class VI)

1. (Tanzania) girlfriend (a woman's close female friend)
2. (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, volume 31, →ISSN, page 44 of 37-57