English
kadogo
Kadogo comes from Swahili kadogo.
- Swahilimodernkadogo
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Swahilimodernkadogo
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same form
Earliest quotation: 2009, René Lemarchand, The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa: “In brief, the kadogos and the Angolans had different…”
Every English word from Swahili kadogo
Today it means
noun A child soldier. Usually refers to the eastern Congolese rebel armies that used numerous child soldiers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swahili kadogo / kadogo