Sotho

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Etymology

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From a Kx'a language. Compare Juǀ'hoan ǃòʼá (thicket). Also cognate with Northern Sotho sethokgwa and Makhuwa etakhwa.

Noun

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sekgwa class 7/8 (plural dikgwa)

  1. forest, thicket

Tswana

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Etymology

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From a Kx'a language. Compare Juǀ'hoan ǃòʼá (thicket). Also cognate with Northern Sotho sethokgwa and Makhuwa etakhwa.

Noun

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sekgwa class 7 (plural dikgwa)

  1. forest, thicket