"kuwa" meaning in Swahili

See kuwa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

Audio: Sw-ke-kuwa.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: See -wa. Etymology templates: {{m|sw|wa|-wa}} -wa Head templates: {{head|sw|conjunction}} kuwa
  1. that (used to connect a noun clause)
    Sense id: en-kuwa-sw-conj-YDI4Act3 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 94 6

Verb

Audio: Sw-ke-kuwa.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: See -wa. Etymology templates: {{m|sw|wa|-wa}} -wa Head templates: {{head|sw|verb form|verbal noun of the ku class|head=}} kuwa (verbal noun of the ku class), {{sw-inf}} kuwa (verbal noun of the ku class)
  1. infinitive of -wa Tags: form-of, infinitive, noun-from-verb Form of: -wa
    Sense id: en-kuwa-sw-verb-4w~f0R4A

Download JSON data for kuwa meaning in Swahili (1.9kB)

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