English Explanatory Dictionary

inkosi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chief (particularly Zulu).

Word forms

inkosi inkosis amakhosi inkhosi

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *nkócì Zulu ínkôsibor. English inkosi Borrowed from Zulu ínkôsi (“chief, king”), from Proto-Bantu *nkócì (“lion”). Doublet of kgosi.

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