benga

See also: beng·a

English

Noun

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

Kituba

Verb

benga

1. to call

Lingala

Verb

benga

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, 2015–2024

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	tobenga	fobenga	mibenga
2nd	nobenga	nibenga
3rd	Masculine	obenga	ibenga, yobenga†
Feminine	mobenga
Neuter	ibenga
† - archaic

References

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