sekuru

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀ʊ̀kʊ́ (grandparent).

Noun

sekuru class 1a (plural ŵasekuru class 2)

  1. grandparent
    1. (by extension) ancestor

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 123, 212