hwai

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Shona[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain, but potentially from a Khoe language (compare Khoekhoe gū-i). Other Bantu languages borrowed this in the form *-gu, for example Sotho nku and Zulu imvu.

Noun[edit]

hwai class 9 (plural hwai class 10)

  1. sheep

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ehret, Christopher (1968) “Sheep and Central Sudanic Peoples in Southern Africa”, in The Journal of African History, volume 9, number 2, pages 213–221