mzguki

Tumbuka

Etymology

From m- (“Contracted Class 1 noun prefix”) +‎ -zguka (“to resurrect - lit. "to be uprooted from the dead"”) +‎ -i (“agent noun forming suffix”)

Noun

mzguki class 1 (plural ŵazguki class 2)

  1. ghost
    Synonym: ciŵanda

Derived terms

  • kamzguki (“small ghost”)

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 164, 210
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