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Gcwi

/ɡwi/

Gcwi noun: a certain ethnic group in Africa.

Noun

Gcwi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A certain ethnic group in Africa.
    • Previously flexible relations of production were transformed into ethnic categories defined by criteria of race, language, and economic status. Although self-referent names of Khoisan-speaking peoples (Zhu, Gcwi, Gxana, Deti, Qoo, and a dozen others) continue […]1995, Articulating hidden histories: exploring the influence of Eric R. Wolf (Jane Schneider, Rayna Rapp), page 318
    • Again, these Gcwi are supposed to speak a different language. It is very interesting that on the western edge of the Kalahari, in Great Namaqualand, a Bushman tribe called 'Nasenstocktrager' is said to live who also carry a piece of […]1997, Edwin N. Wilmsen, The Kalahari ethnographies (1896-1898) of Siegfried Passarge

Proper noun

Gcwi

  1. The lect spoken by this group.
    • […] about 12000 speakers; Gcwi and Gxana (Botswana), with about 6000 speakers; the Zhu language (Namibia and Botswana), with about 11000 speakers; […]1997, Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara (John Middleton), volume 2

Questions about Gcwi

What does Gcwi mean?
Gcwi means a certain ethnic group in Africa.
What part of speech is Gcwi?
Gcwi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Gcwi?
Gcwi is pronounced /ɡwi/.

Words near Gcwi in the dictionary

  1. GCSIs
  2. GCT
  3. GCTA
  4. GCU
  5. GCVO
  6. Gcwi
  7. GCWR
  8. GCWRs
  9. gd
  10. GD&T
  11. GD-ROM

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