English Explanatory Dictionary

skabenga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gangster or thug.

Word forms

skabenga skabengas skebenga

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ́- Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀- Zulu ísi- Zulu -gebenga Zulu -u Zulu isígebéngubor. English skabenga Borrowed from Zulu isígebéngu (“bandit, criminal, gangster”).

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