Tumbuka (iou)

Tumbuka noun & adjective. L19.
[Origin uncertain: in Tumbuka app. lit. 'be disembowelled'.]
A. noun. Pl. same.
A member of a group of Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting the Nyika Plateau area of northern Malawi. L19.
Any of the Bantu languages of this people; the language group containing these languages. E20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Tumbuka or their language. M20.