muEgipiti

Tonga (Malawi)

Etymology

From mu- (“Class 1 noun prefix”) +‎ Egipiti (“Egypt”). Cognate with Tumbuka muEguputo (“Egyptian”), Lambya umu Ijiputi (“Egyptian”) and Nyakyusa umw'Egiputi (“Egyptian”).

Noun

muEgipiti class 1 (plural ŵaEgipiti)

  1. Egyptian

References

  • Bible Society of Malawi, Tonga Bible, 1986
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