ŋkwɔn

Nzadi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́ndè; the irregular change in the vowel may indicate an old borrowing or analogical modification.

Noun

ŋkwɔ̂n (plural ŋkwɔ̂n)

1. bean

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN