komboni

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chichewa komboni, from English compound. Compare similar loanwords in other Bantu languages, e.g. Shona komboni.[1][2]

Noun

komboni (plural kombonis)

  1. A kind of shantytown in Zambia.

References
  1. Natalia V. Okhotina (1987) Именные классы в языках Африки [Nominal classes in African languages] (in Russian), Nauka, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198
  2. Vincent Jenjekwa (2018) A toponymic perspective on Zimbabwe’s post-2000 land reform programme (Third Chimurenga)‎, University of South Africa, page 201

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