ibwa ŋkɔ

Nzadi

Etymology

From obwâ (“to break”) + ŋkɔ̀ɔ́ (“snail”).

Noun

ibwá ŋkɔ̌

1. praying mantis

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