"mvua" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mvua.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mbúdà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*mbúdà}} Proto-Bantu *mbúdà Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mvua, {{sw-noun|n|-}} mvua (n class, no plural)
  1. rain Wikipedia link: sw:mvua Tags: class-10, class-9, no-plural Categories (topical): Rain, Weather Derived forms: mvua ya mawe (english: hail)

Download JSON data for mvua meaning in Swahili (1.7kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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