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mboni

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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mboni class IX (plural mboni class X)

  1. pupil of the eyeball (hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Tumbuka

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nbónì.

Noun

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mboni class 9 (plural mboni class 10)

  1. the pupil of the eye.

References

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  • Wm. Y. Turner, Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English-Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary, 1996
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