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nyonga — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hip noun The joint and surrounding area where the leg meets the pelvis.
  • strangle verb To kill or injure someone by squeezing their throat and cutting off their air.

Senses

nyonga is used for these senses in English:

hip — full definition

  1. noun The joint and surrounding area where the leg meets the pelvis.
  2. adj Fashionable, trendy, and up-to-date.
  3. noun The fruit produced by a rose plant, especially the rosehip.

strangle — full definition

  1. verb To kill or injure someone by squeezing their throat and cutting off their air.
  2. verb To suppress or stifle something severely.

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