mpenzi
Swahili
Etymology
From m- + -penda (“love”) + -zi.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
mpenzi class I (plural wapenzi class II)
References
- Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015) “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum[1], volume 22, →ISSN, page 80-81 of 72-103