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chanjo.

a gash, incision, cut

6 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtʃɑ.ⁿdʒɔ/

  1. a gash, incision, cut

  2. vaccination, inoculation

  3. vaccine (substance meant to stimulate production of antibodies)

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Swahili -chanja Proto-Bantu *-ò Proto-Sabaki *-o Swahili -o Swahili chanjo From -chanja (“to make a cut”) + -o.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.