kongoni

British  

/ kəŋˈɡəʊnɪ /

noun

1. an E African hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus See hartebeest

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Etymology

Origin of kongoni

Swahili

Example Sentences

When they do, dealers and collectors circle them as a lion would a baby kongoni on the African plain.

From Economist • Dec. 15, 2009

Half in earnest we waved our hands to them and shouted our greetings to them in the native—punda milia, kongoni, pa-a, fice, m'pofu, twiga, simba, n'grooui, and the rest.

From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward

And then how the hunter curses at the kongoni, who has stopped some little distance away and is regarding him with that quaint, lugubriously funny look.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

Then there's the ubiquitous zebra, almost as numerous as the kongoni.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

"To-morrow we want kongoni for boys' meat, or zebra; and some meat for masters-Tommy, impala, oribi," and Memba Sasa knew as well as I did what we needed to fill out our trophy collection.

From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward