How do you use Chewa in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like african, plus the exact meaning.
Chewa meaning
A member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique.
Synonyms of Chewa
Using Chewa
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique.
- Useful related words include: african.
- In the example corpus, chewa often appears in combinations such as: the chewa, chewa people.
Context around Chewa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chewa
- In this selection, "chewa" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, strong, senior, course, people, rhythmic and chiefs stand out and add context to how "chewa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are senior chewa chiefs who and defend the chewa from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chewa" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chewa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These are senior Chewa Chiefs who are more superior than MCP. (11 words)
ChiChewa Intensive Course, (Chewa is similar to Nyanja) Lilongwe, Malawi, 1969. (11 words)
Mwase's guns helped to defend the Chewa from the Ngoni and wild animals. (14 words)
The head of state who arrived in Eastern Province on Sunday paid courtesy calls on Paramount Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni and Kalonga Gawa Undi of the Chewa people. (29 words)
An example from Chewa : the word "school", borrowed from English, and then transformed to fit the sound patterns of this language, is sukulu. (23 words)
Some of those Yao he found in Nkhotakota were already Islamised and he opted to employ them rather than employing non Muslim Chewa. (23 words)
Example sentences (11)
Symon and Kendall who are famous for their strong chewa rhythmic melodies that are equidistant between Gulewamkulu and Kazukuta dances.
These are senior Chewa Chiefs who are more superior than MCP.
Speaking through a representative Kalonga Gawa Undi encouraged the Chewa people to send boys and girls to school.
The head of state who arrived in Eastern Province on Sunday paid courtesy calls on Paramount Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni and Kalonga Gawa Undi of the Chewa people.
An example from Chewa : the word "school", borrowed from English, and then transformed to fit the sound patterns of this language, is sukulu.
ChiChewa Intensive Course, (Chewa is similar to Nyanja) Lilongwe, Malawi, 1969.
Mwase's guns helped to defend the Chewa from the Ngoni and wild animals.
Some of those Yao he found in Nkhotakota were already Islamised and he opted to employ them rather than employing non Muslim Chewa.
Staging from rocky areas, the Ngoni impis would raid the Chewa (also called Achewa) and plunder food, oxen and women.
The Yao, upon migrating to Malawi in the 1800s, soon began buying slaves from the Chewa and Ngoni.
Trade was enhanced by the common language of Chewa which was spoken throughout the Maravi Empire.
Common combinations with chewa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: