inyanja

Lambya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *njànjá.

Noun

inyanja class 9

  1. lake
  2. sea
    • 2024, Bible Society of Malawi, transl., Ukufuma 14:29:
      Loli aba Izilayeli bakaloboka inyanja pachisu ichumizu pakasi pa vibumba ivya mizi kundilo na kumongo.
      But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

References

  • Bible Society of Malawi, Lambya Bible, 2-24

Nyakyusa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *njànjá.

Noun

inyanja class 9

  1. sea
  2. lake

References

  • Bible Society of Malawi, BAIBULO INONGWA INUNU, 2017

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *njànjá. Cognate to Chichewa nyanja and Shona nyanza.

Noun

inyānja class 9 (plural inyānja class 10)

  1. ocean, sea
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