"muwa" meaning in Swahili

See muwa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-muwa.flac [Kenya] Forms: miwa [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} muwa, {{sw-noun|mi|miwa}} muwa (m-mi class, plural miwa)
  1. sugar cane (species of grass (Saccharum officinarum), whose sap is a source of sugar) Tags: class-3, class-4 Categories (lifeform): Plants Synonyms: mua Related terms: sukari (english: sugar)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for muwa meaning in Swahili (1.5kB)

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