Meanings
noununyago (uncountable)
- uncountableIn Swahili culture, a set of rituals that use music and dance to celebrate the coming of age of girls, teaching them about sex and conjugal life.
Largely missing from the discussion on multiple concurrent sexual partnerships is how the lessons and experiences on sexuality at a young age, by traditions such as unyago, play out in adult life.
2015 December 19, “Female-Driven Multiple Concurrent Sexual Partnership Systems in a Rural Part of a Southern Tanzanian Province”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Swahiliunyago
- Englishunyago
From Swahili unyago.
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APA
unyago. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unyago
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“unyago.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unyago. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unyago,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unyago.
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