"mwamba" meaning in Swahili

See mwamba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mwamba.flac Forms: mwamba class III [canonical], miwamba class IV [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro}} Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{sw-noun|m-mi}} mwamba class III (plural miwamba class IV)
  1. rock, cliff, crag (mass of projecting rock) Wikipedia link: sw:mwamba Categories (topical): Geology

Inflected forms

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