kitengo

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is that from -tenga? in the sense of "isolation unit"”)

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Noun

kitengo (ki-vi class, plural vitengo)

1. unit

   kitengo cha uzazi ― maternity unit

2. section