umwanakashi

Bemba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánàkádí (“woman”).

Noun

umwanakashi class 1 (plural abanakashi)

  1. woman

Derived terms

  • ubwanakashi (“womanhood”)

References

  • Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba‎[1], Hippocrene Books, pages 69, 206

Lala-Bisa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánàkádí (“woman”).

Noun

umwanakashi class 1 (plural abanakashi)

  1. woman

References

  • Arthur Cornwallis Madan (1908), Lala-Lamba Handbook: A Short Introduction to the South-Western Division of the Wisa-Lala Dialect of Northern Rhodesia with Stories and Vocabulary‎[2], Oxford Clarendon Press, page 120
  • Bible Society of Zambia, Chilala New Testament, 1998
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