komboni

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Chichewa komboni, from English compound. Compare similar loanwords in other Bantu languages, e.g. Shona komboni.[1][2]

Noun

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komboni (plural kombonis)

  1. A kind of shantytown in Zambia.

References

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  1. ^ Natalia V. Okhotina (1987) Именные классы в языках Африки (in Russian), Nauka, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198
  2. ^ Vincent Jenjekwa (2018) A toponymic perspective on Zimbabwe’s post-2000 land reform programme (Third Chimurenga)‎[1], University of South Africa, page 201

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