nkhokwe

English

Etymology

From Chichewa [Term?].

Noun

nkhokwe (plural nkhokwes)

1. A cylindrical thatched granary used in Malawi.
   • 1981, D. Edwards, P. Street, I. Clucas, Economic Aspects of Small-scale Fish Canning, page 44:

     Many of the farmers in this unit had not transported all their maize from the farm to their nkhokwes