chamuyaya

Chichewa

Etymology

Cognate with Tumbuka muyirayira (“everlasting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.muˈja.ja/

Noun

chamuyaya class 7 (plural zamuyaya class 8)

1. (religion, mythology, biology) immortality

References

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎, Oxford University Press, page 40