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inkosis

inkosis is the plural 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

Questions about inkosis

What is inkosis the plural of?
Inkosis is the plural of inkosi.

Words near inkosis in the dictionary

  1. inknotting
  2. Inkom
  3. inkoosi
  4. inkoosis
  5. inkosi
  6. inkosis
  7. inkpad
  8. inkpads
  9. Inkpen
  10. Inkpens
  11. inkpot

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