English
kgotla
Kgotla comes from Tswana kgotla ‘tribal assembly’.
- Tswanamodernkgotla‘tribal assembly’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Tswanamodernkgotla‘tribal assembly’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same form
Earliest quotation: 2009, The Botswana Gazette:: “Speaking at the Mochudi main kgotla after the graduation…”
Every English word from Tswana kgotla
Today it means
noun Any of several types of public meeting in a Botswana village, especially one involving a gathering of tribal elders.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tswana kgotla / kgotla