kwacha

Borrowed from Chichewa kwacha (“it has dawned”).

kwacha (plural kwacha or kwachas)

1. Malawi's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 tambala.
2. Zambia's major currency unit, equivalent to 100 ngwee.
   • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 294:

     ‘We left more kwacha than heʼs ever seen in his whole life.’

Literally "it has dawned", from -cha (“to dawn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.t͡ʃa/

kwacha class 9 (plural makwacha class 6)

1. kwacha (currency of Malawi and Zambia)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwat͡ʃa/ [ˈkwa.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: kwa‧cha

kwacha f (plural kwachas)

1. kwacha