kadogo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
kadogo (plural kadogos or kadogo)
- (Eastern Congo) A child soldier. Usually referring to the east congoloese rebel armies that used numerous child soldiers.
- 2009, René Lemarchand, The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa, Philadelphia, page 239:
- In brief, the kadogos and the Angolans had different sets of grievances, yet they both converged on the same target.
- 2011, Jason K Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, PublicAffairs, published 2012, page 183:
- In the early months of 1998, Kabila's army was a loose pastiche of kadogo, Katangan Tigers, and new recruits.
- 2013, Tom Cooper, Great Lakes Conflagration, Helion & Company, page 55:
- With their retreat route cut off, the FAC kadogo began defecting in droves, many fleeing across the border into Zambia.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
kadogo m (plural kadogos or kadogo)
- (Eastern Congo) a child soldier
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a dialectal form of kidogo, using ka-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
kadogo
- (dialectal) little one
- (colloquial) young boy
Adverb[edit]
kadogo
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