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Wakisi

Wakisi noun: an African people living on the shores of Lake Malawi.

Noun

Wakisi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An African people living on the shores of Lake Malawi.
    • In some songs of the Wakisi and in tunings of the malimba lamellophone, such as we recorded at Lupingu, the notes plainly correspond […]2010, Gerhard Kubik, Theory of African Music, Volume I, page 184

Questions about Wakisi

What does Wakisi mean?
Wakisi means an African people living on the shores of Lake Malawi.
What part of speech is Wakisi?
Wakisi is a noun.

Words near Wakisi in the dictionary

  1. waking up on the wrong side of bed
  2. waking up one day
  3. wakingly
  4. wakings
  5. wakipai
  6. Wakisi
  7. wakiup
  8. wakiups
  9. wakizashi
  10. wakizashis
  11. Wakkaliga

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