English Explanatory Dictionary

isibongo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A complimentary metonym used to describe members of a Zulu clan.

Word forms

isibongo isibongos izibongo

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ́- Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀- Zulu ísi- Proto-Nguni *-bonga Zulu -bonga Zulu -o Zulu isíbongobor. English isibongo Borrowed from Zulu isíbongo.

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