Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Bantu language of the Chewa tribe belonging to the Bantu linguistic family and one of Malawi’s national tongues promoted as the country’s lingua franca.
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nouna member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe
nounthe Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Bantu*kɪ̀-
- Chichewachi-
- ChichewaChi-
- ChichewaChicheŵá
- EnglishChichewa
From Chichewa Chicheŵa, from chi- (“language”) + Cheŵa.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 齊切瓦語 /齐切瓦语, 切瓦语
- 齊切瓦語 /齐切瓦语 (Qíqièwǎyǔ)language
- 切瓦语language
Finnish njandža
- njandžalanguage
Irish Siséivis
- Siséivislanguage
Russian нья́нджа, че́ва
- нья́нджа (nʹjándža)language
- че́ва (čéva)language
Swahili Kinyanja
- Kinyanjalanguage
Cite this entry
Chichewa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chichewa
“Chichewa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chichewa. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chichewa,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chichewa.
Source: Chichewa on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.