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nkhokwe

nkhokwe noun: a cylindrical thatched granary used in Malawi.

Noun

nkhokwe (plural nkhokwes)

  1. A cylindrical thatched granary used in Malawi.
    • Many of the farmers in this unit had not transported all their maize from the farm to their nkhokwes1981, D. Edwards, P. Street, I. Clucas, Economic Aspects of Small-scale Fish Canning, page 44

Forms of nkhokwe

pluralnkhokwes

Origin of nkhokwe

From Chichewa [Term?].

Questions about nkhokwe

What does nkhokwe mean?
Nkhokwe means a cylindrical thatched granary used in Malawi.
What part of speech is nkhokwe?
Nkhokwe is a noun.
What is the plural of nkhokwe?
The plural of nkhokwe is nkhokwes.

Words near nkhokwe in the dictionary

  1. NKAO
  2. NKAU
  3. Nkawkaw
  4. NKCP
  5. NKDA
  6. nkhokwe
  7. nkhokwes
  8. Nkimi
  9. Nkinora
  10. nkishi
  11. nkishis

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