hwai
See also: Hwai
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)
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