English Explanatory Dictionary

kgosi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tribal chief among the Tswana people of southern Africa.

Word forms

kgosi kgosis dikgosi

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *nkócì Tswana kgosibor. English kgosi Borrowed from Tswana kgosi (“chief, chieftain; king”), from Proto-Bantu *nkócì (“lion”). Doublet of inkosi.

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