Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA spirit, or an object inhabited by a spirit, in Bantu religious beliefs.
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ́tɪ̀ Kongo nkisibor. English nkisi Borrowed from Kongo nkisi (“spirit; charm”).
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