hwai

See also: Hwai

Manikion

Manikion cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : hwai

Numeral

hwai

  1. two

References

  • A Grammar Sketch of Sougb, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

Shona

Etymology

Uncertain, but potentially from a Khoe language (compare Khoekhoe gū-i), or from Proto-Bantu *ɪ̀ngú. Compare Sotho nku and Zulu imvu. Shona has a regular *nk>/h/ shift from Proto-Bantu.[1]

Noun

hwai class 9 (plural hwai class 10)

  1. sheep

Alternative forms

References

  • Ehret, Christopher (1968), “Sheep and Central Sudanic Peoples in Southern Africa”, in The Journal of African History, volume 9, number 2, pages 213–221
  1. ^ Guthrie, Malcolm (1971), Comparative Bantu, Gregg International
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