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nkosi

nkosi is the alternative form 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 nkosi

pluralnkosis
pluralamakosi

Questions about nkosi

What is nkosi the alternative form of?
Nkosi is the alternative form of inkosi.

Words near nkosi in the dictionary

  1. nkisis
  2. NKJV
  3. Nko
  4. Nkole
  5. Nkore
  6. nkosi
  7. nkosis
  8. NKOTB
  9. NKR
  10. NKRO
  11. Nkruma

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