manyikwa

Tumbuka

Etymology

From manya (“to know”) +‎ -wa (“passive suffix”).

Verb

-manyikwa (infinitive kumanyikwa)

  1. passive of -manya
    1. to be known

Derived terms

  • cimanyikwiro (“sign, token”)

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, page 67
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.