inzovu

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njògù.

Noun

inzovu class 9 (plural inzovu class 10)

  1. elephant
  2. (Kinyarwanda, dated) ten thousand

References

  • Elizabeth E. Cox, Myra Adamson, Muriel Teusink (1969) Dictionary: Kinyarwanda-English, English-Kinyarwanda[1], page 60
  • Emmanuel Habumuremyi, Claudine Uwamahoro (2006) A Kinyarwanda-English and English-Kinyarwanda dictionary[2], Kigali: Rwanda Community Net, page 266