kongoni

/ kəŋˈɡəʊnɪ /

noun

Origin of kongoni¹

Swahili

We met one man who goes out ten minutes from town every other day and kills a kongoni (hartebeest) as food for his dogs.

In four and a half months I think I must have seen at least a hundred thousand kongoni.

Sometimes we have kongoni steaks, at other times we have the heart of waterbuck or the liver of bushbuck or impalla.

Directly between us and the elephants were two kongoni, one lying down and the other alert and erect.

Suppose you say to yourself that the porters have had no meat for several days and that it might be well to shoot a kongoni.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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