inkwashi

Bemba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jɪ̀nkʊadi (“African fish eagle”).

Noun

inkwashi class 9 (plural inkwashi, augmentless nkwashi, augmentless plural nkwashi)

  1. African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    Synonym: cembe

References

  • Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba‎[1], Hippocrene Books, pages 74, 138
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