nkhokwe

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noun

A cylindrical thatched granary used in Malawi.

OriginChichewa [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounnkhokwe (plural nkhokwes)

plural nkhokwes

  1. A cylindrical thatched granary used in Malawi.

    Many of the farmers in this unit had not transported all their maize from the farm to their nkhokwes

    1981, D. Edwards, P. Street, I. Clucas, Economic Aspects of Small-scale Fish Canning, page 44

Origin

  1. Chichewa[Term?]
  2. Englishnkhokwe

From Chichewa [Term?].

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APA

nkhokwe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nkhokwe

MLA

“nkhokwe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nkhokwe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nkhokwe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nkhokwe.

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