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inkhosi

inkhosi is the alternative spelling of inkosi.

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

Forms of inkhosi

pluralinkhosis
pluralamakhosi

Questions about inkhosi

What is inkhosi the alternative spelling of?
Inkhosi is the alternative spelling of inkosi.

Words near inkhosi in the dictionary

  1. inkhornize
  2. inkhornized
  3. inkhornizes
  4. inkhornizing
  5. inkhorns
  6. inkhosi
  7. inkhosis
  8. inkier
  9. inkiest
  10. inkily
  11. inkindle

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