English
machinga
Machinga comes from Swahili Machinga.
- SwahilimodernMachinga
- Englishearliest quotation 2021machinga
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- SwahilimodernMachinga
- Englishearliest quotation 2021machinga
Earliest quotation: 2021, Louis Kalumbia, Why the petty traders issue can’t be ignored: “For the past few years, machingas have been left…”
Every English word from Swahili Machinga
Today it means
noun A street vendor; a hawker.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swahili Machinga / machinga