muzungu

English

Noun

muzungu (plural muzungus or wazungu)

  1. Alternative spelling of mzungu.

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Common Bantu *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀.

Noun

muzungu class 1 (plural ŵazungu class 2)

  1. European, white man

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, page 168
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