Sekani
From the Tumbuka verb for laughing, read as an invitation to laugh.
Meaning and origin
Sekani is built on -seka, a verb for laughing that turns up with much the same sound and sense across many Bantu languages, and closes with the ending Tumbuka commonly adds to turn a verb into a call to a group.
How to pronounce Sekani
| English (US) | seh-KAH-nee /sɛˈkɑːni/ |
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