komboni

K5O1M3B3O1N1I1

noun

A kind of shantytown in Zambia.

OriginChichewa komboni ← English compound ← Malay kampungder.? →
Scrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounkomboni (plural kombonis)

plural kombonis

  1. A kind of shantytown in Zambia.

Origin

  1. Malaykampungder.?
  2. Englishcompound
  3. Chichewakomboni
  4. Englishkomboni

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

More words from Chichewa, English

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

komboni. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komboni

MLA

“komboni.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komboni. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “komboni,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komboni.

Source: komboni on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.