different between kanga vs kango

English

Etymology 1

From Punjabi ???? (ka?gh?).

Alternative forms

• kangha

Noun

kanga (plural kangas)

1. (Sikhism) A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.

Etymology 2

From Swahili kanga.

Noun

kanga (plural kangas)

1. A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa.

Anagrams

• Kagan, kagan, nagak, ngaka

Baoule

Noun

kanga

1. crabe

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?nga

Noun

kanga

1. (medicine) leprosy

Japanese

Romanization

kanga

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kánga.

Verb

-kángá (infinitive kukángá)

1. fry

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nkángà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.???/

Noun

kanga (n class, plural kanga)

1. kanga (garment)
2. guinea fowl

English

Etymology

From Japanese ??(???) (kango), from Middle Chinese ?? (MC h?n^H ???^X, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”), compare modern Mandarin ????? (Hàny?, “Chinese language”).

Noun

kango (plural kango)

1. A Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word).

Translations

See also

• Sino-Japanese

Anagrams

• Kogan

Hausa

Noun

kang? m (plural kang??y?, possessed form kangon)

1. A deserted or dilapidated building.
2. An empty container.

Japanese

Romanization

kango

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Tok Pisin

Noun

kango

1. watercress