English Explanatory Dictionary

Chichewa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The Bantu language of the Chewa tribe belonging to the Bantu linguistic family and one of Malawi’s national tongues promoted as the country’s lingua franca.

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃɪˈt͡ʃɛwə/ en-us-Chichewa.ogg

Word forms

Chichewa Chicheŵa

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Chichewa chi- Chichewa Chi- Chichewa -cheŵa Chichewa Chicheŵáder. English Chichewa From Chichewa Chicheŵa, from chi- (“language”) + Cheŵa.

Synonyms

Nyanja Chewa Chinyanja

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Chichewa terms ny nya nya ⁠
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