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amakosi

amakosi is the plural of inkosi.

amakosi is the plural of nkosi.

Meaning of inkosi

Noun

inkosi (plural inkosis or amakhosi)

  1. A chief (particularly Zulu).
    • Before leaving his house to go to the kraal the inkosi had to eat a little porridge.1956, Margaret Read, The Ngoni of Nyasaland, page 66

Questions about amakosi

What is amakosi the plural of?
Amakosi is the plural of inkosi.

Words near amakosi in the dictionary

  1. amakihi
  2. amakihis
  3. amakinite
  4. Amakosa
  5. Amakosas
  6. amakosi
  7. amakwerekwere
  8. amakweta
  9. amakwetha
  10. Amal
  11. amala

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