kgosi

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tribal chief among the Tswana people of southern Africa.
    — Then Rasebolai said that, as was customary, he would ask the visiting dikgosi to speak.

词形变化

kgosis plural dikgosi plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Bantu *nkócì
Tswana kgosibor.
English kgosi
Borrowed from Tswana kgosi (“chief, chieftain; king”), from Proto-Bantu *nkócì (“lion”). Doublet of inkosi.
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