Etymology

komboni

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Today it means: A kind of shantytown in Zambia. Full definition →

Chichewa komboni ← English compound ← Malay kampungder.?
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The story

  1. Malaykampungder.?
  2. Englishcompound
  3. Chichewakomboni
  4. English todaykomboni

Borrowed from Chichewa komboni, from English compound. Compare similar loanwords in other Bantu languages, e.g. Shona komboni.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.