hongera
Swahili
editPronunciation
editNoun
edithongera (n class, plural hongera)
- congratulation (act of congratulating)
Interjection
edithongera (plural hongereni)
- congratulations! (expressing approbation)
References
edit- Almasi, Oswald, Fallon, Michael David, Nazish, Pardhan Wared (2014) Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels, Lanham • New York • Oxford: University Press of America, →ISBN, page 373: “Shabashi! or Hongera! – Expresses congratulations, exactly as the English expression “Congratulations!””