lwesi

Yao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jédì - though this noun is in class 11, the stem comes from here.

Noun

lwesi class 11

  1. moonlight

References

  • * Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya
  • Alexander Hetherwick, Introductory Handbook of the Yao Language, 1889 - page 220
  • Alexander Hetherwick, A Handbook of the Yao Language, 1902
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