khoswe

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìkòcʊ̀è (“rat (species)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰo.sʷe/

Noun

khoswe class 1a (plural makoswe class 6)

  1. house rat

Notes

Although the noun declines like a noun in 5/6, its usage in the Oxford Chichewa Dictionary implies that the noun works like a class 1a noun.

References

  • Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[1], Oxford University Press, pages 208, 1019
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