chipurausiku

Tonga (Malawi)

Etymology

From chipura (“cutlass”) +‎ usiku (“night”). Compare with Chichewa chipulausiku.

Noun

chipurausiku class 1a

  1. the evening star

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 111, 273
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