ekelezia

Ma'di

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin ecclesia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [èkèlézī(j)ʌ̀]
  • Hyphenation: e‧ke‧le‧zi‧a

Noun

ẹ̃kẹ̃lẹ́zịã

  1. church

References

  • Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 717
  • John Hajek; Valentina De Iacovo (2025), “Lexical contact in Africa: Italian loanwords in the Mà’dí language of South Sudan and Uganda”, in Folia Linguistica, pages 1-27