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mgombea.

candidate (person running for office in a political contest)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. candidate (person running for office in a political contest)

    class-i

  2. contestant

    class-i
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Swahili m- Common Bantu *-gòmba? Proto-Sabaki *-gomba Swahili gomba Proto-Sabaki *-ila/*-ela Swahili -ia Swahili -gombea Swahili mgombea From m- + -gombea (“to compete, to contest”).

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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.