Etymology

iimbongi

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Xhosa iimbongi
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The story

  1. Xhosa · borrowed fromiimbongi
  2. English todayiimbongi

Borrowed from Xhosa iimbongi, from iim- + imbongi.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.