hongera

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[Swahili Word] hongera!

[English Word] congratulations!

[Part of Speech] interjection

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -honga

[Swahili Example] "Champ, hongera, sana" [Muk]

[English Example] "Champ, many congratulations"

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[Swahili Word] hongera

[Swahili Plural] hongera

[English Word] congratulations

[English Plural] congratulations

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -honga

[Swahili Example] Wakati ukimwoa, nitakusemea "Nakupa hongera zangu!"

[English Example] When you marry her, I will say to you "I give you my congratulations!"

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[Swahili Word] -hongera

[English Word] congratulate someone

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] transitive

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -honga

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[Swahili Word] hongera

[Swahili Plural] hongera

[English Word] gift

[English Plural] gifts

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -honga

[Swahili Example] angeiona ile noti hongera kama hela nyingine Shangwe alizopewa na watu wengine [Muk]

[English Example] he might see that gift as a note like other money Shangwe got from other people

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[Swahili Word] hongera

[Swahili Plural] hongera

[English Word] present

[English Plural] presents

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -honga

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[Swahili Word] -hongera

[English Word] be proud

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] intransitive

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -honga

[Swahili Example] kwa mara ya kwanza jina langu likatokea katika chapa katika magazeti ya Tanzania na kusikika redioni. Nilihongera si kidogo. (Walibora, Siku Njema, 1996)

[English Example] for the first time my name appeared in a print in a Tanzanian magazine and was heard on the radio. I was more than a little proud

[Note] this use of "hongera" would suggest the origin of the interjection "hongera" (usually translated "congratulations" but could better mean "be proud!")

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