Word.ws English Dictionary

nkishi

nkishi is the alternative form of nkisi.

Meaning of nkisi

Noun

nkisi (plural nkisis or minkisi)

  1. A spirit, or an object inhabited by a spirit, in Bantu religious beliefs.

Forms of nkishi

pluralnkishis
pluralminkishi

Questions about nkishi

What is nkishi the alternative form of?
Nkishi is the alternative form of nkisi.

Words near nkishi in the dictionary

  1. NKDA
  2. nkhokwe
  3. nkhokwes
  4. Nkimi
  5. Nkinora
  6. nkishi
  7. nkishis
  8. nkisi
  9. nkisis
  10. NKJV
  11. Nko

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nkishi (page history and authors); nkisi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “nkishi.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/nkishi. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.