mgeni

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gènì. By surface analysis, m- +‎ -geni (“foreign, strange”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

mgeni (m-wa class, plural wageni)

  1. foreigner
    Synonym: ajinabi
  2. stranger

Descendants[edit]

  • → Gujarati: મગેની (magenī)

Adjective[edit]

mgeni

  1. M class inflected form of -geni.
  2. U class inflected form of -geni.
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