"sekgwa" meaning in Sotho

See sekgwa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 8 [canonical, class-7, class-8], dikgwa [plural]
Etymology: From a Kx'a language. Compare Juǀ'hoan ǃòʼá (“thicket”). Also cognate with Northern Sotho sethokgwa and Makhuwa etakhwa. Etymology templates: {{der|st|khi-kxa}} Kx'a, {{cog|ktz|ǃòʼá||thicket}} Juǀ'hoan ǃòʼá (“thicket”), {{cog|nso|sethokgwa}} Northern Sotho sethokgwa, {{cog|vmw|etakhwa}} Makhuwa etakhwa Head templates: {{head|st|noun|plural|dikgwa|f1request=|g=c7|g2=c8|head=|sort=sekgwa}} sekgwa class 7/8 (plural dikgwa), {{st-noun|7|8|dikgwa}} sekgwa class 7/8 (plural dikgwa)
  1. forest, thicket Tags: class-7, class-8

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