mujira

Tonga (Malawi)

Etymology

From -jira (“ignorant”)

Noun

mujira class 1 (plural ŵajira)

  1. an ignorant person, ignoramus

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, page 42

Tumbuka

Etymology

From -jira (“ignorant”).

Noun

mujira class 1 (plural ŵajira class 2)

  1. an ignorant person, an ignoramus

Derived terms

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[2], Central Africana Limited, page 42
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