Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique.
name
The Chichewa language.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf or relating to the Chewa or their language.
Etymology tree Chichewa Mcheŵáder. Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Chichewa chi- Chichewa Chi- Chichewa -cheŵa Chichewa Chicheŵáder. English Chewa From Chichewa Mcheŵa and Chicheŵa.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Derivation mentionMcheŵany
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