muFilisiti

Tumbuka

Etymology

From mu- (“Class 1 noun prefix”) +‎ Filisiti. Cognate with Swahili Mfilisti (“Philistine”).

Noun

muFilisiti class 1 (plural ŵaFilisiti class 2)

  1. Philistine
    1. (historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

References

  • Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible
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