English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Swahili mpingo.

Noun edit

mpingo

  1. Dalbergia melanoxylon, a small African tree in the family Fabaceae.

Anagrams edit

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

mpingo (m-mi class, plural mipingo)

  1. The ebony tree (any of various trees in the genera Dalbergia and Diospyros)

Descendants edit

  • English: mpingo
  • Kikuyu: mũbĩngũ