Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

komboni

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kom-boni
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of shantytown in Zambia.

Etymology

Etymology tree Malay kampungder.? English compoundder. Chichewa kombonibor. English komboni Borrowed from Chichewa komboni, from English compound. Compare similar loanwords in other Bantu languages, e.g. Shona komboni.

Origin

Source language: English

Word Breakdown

Root: compound

Inflected Forms

kombonis (plural)

Questions

What does komboni mean?: A kind of shantytown in Zambia.
Where does komboni come from?: It is traced to English.

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