nsokolowe

Chichewa

Etymology

Potentially from -sokoloka (“to appear suddenly”), conveying the idea of very small stones appearing from nowhere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ⁿso.koˈɽo.we/

Noun

nsokolowe class 9 (plural nsokolowe class 10)

  1. very small stones in the road

References

  • Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[1], Oxford University Press, page 416
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