nku
noun
Meaning
- sheep
Etymology / origin
From a Khoe language. Compare Khoekhoe gū-i. Cognate with Ndonga onzi and Zulu imvu.
- imvu(Zulu)→
- onzi(ng)→
- gū-i(naq)→
- nku (Sotho)
- Relations: cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- hwai(Shona) (cog)
- imvu(Southern Ndebele) (cog)
- imvu(Swazi) (cog)
- imvu(Xhosa) (cog)
- imvu(Zulu) (cog)
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