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Igbo
Etymology
nkịta (“dog”) + ọhịa (“forest; hunt”)
Noun
nkịta ọhịa
- hyaena
- hunting dog
Further reading
- Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “nkïta öhïa”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 109