mukuru

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kʊ́dʊ́ (“elder brother or sister”). Although the BLR 3 does not state that this word is found in zone N, it is likely that Tumbuka's word derives from this regardless.

Noun

mukuru class 1 (plural ŵakuru class 2)

  1. older brother or older sister of the same sex.

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, page 57
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