mwarika

Tonga (Malawi)

Etymology

Cognate with Chichewa -mwalira

Verb

-mwarika (infinitive kumwarika)

  1. to faint
  2. to die

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 77, 195