mbeŵa

See also: mbewa

Tumbuka

Etymology

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

Noun

mbeŵa class 9 (plural mbeŵa class 10)

  1. rat
  2. mouse

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 69, 231, 245
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.