ncimi

Tumbuka

Alternative forms

  • nchimi, ntchimi

Etymology

From -cima (“to prophesy in a trance where one is in contact with departed spirits”)

Noun

ncimi class 9 (plural ncimi class 10)

  1. a medium, a psychic.

References

  • William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 79, 242
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