"Chichewa" meaning in All languages combined

See Chichewa on Wiktionary

Proper name [Chichewa]

IPA: /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃe.w⁽ᵝ⁾á/ Forms: Chicheŵá [canonical]
Etymology: chi- (language prefix) + Chewa Etymology templates: {{prefix|ny|chi|Mchewa|alt2=Chewa|pos1=language prefix}} chi- (language prefix) + Chewa Head templates: {{head|ny|proper noun|head=Chicheŵá}} Chicheŵá, {{ny-proper noun|Chicheŵá}} Chicheŵá
  1. Chichewa Categories (topical): Languages Related terms: Mchewa

Proper name [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃɪˈt͡ʃɛwə/ Audio: en-us-Chichewa.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Chichewa Chicheŵa, from chi- (“language”) + Cheŵa. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ny|Chichewa|Chicheŵa}} Chichewa Chicheŵa, {{m|ny|chi-||language}} chi- (“language”), {{m|ny|Chewa|Cheŵa}} Cheŵa Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chichewa
  1. The 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. Wikipedia link: Chewa language Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Nyanja, Chewa, Chicheŵa Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Chichewa terms, ny, nya (alt: SIL), nya ⁠ Translations (language): Chicheŵa (Chichewa), 齊切瓦語 (Chinese Mandarin), 齐切瓦语 (Qíqièwǎyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), njandža (Finnish), chichewa (Galician), Siséivis [feminine] (Irish), Chéwa bizaad (Navajo), нья́нджа (nʹjándža) [masculine] (Russian), че́ва (čéva) [masculine] (Russian), Kinyanja (Swahili)

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