"uwele" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-uwele.flac Forms: mawele [plural]
Etymology: From Common Bantu *ìbèdé. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-cmn|*ìbèdé}} Common Bantu *ìbèdé Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} uwele, {{sw-noun|u|mawele}} uwele (u class, plural mawele)
  1. pearl millet (grain) Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14 Categories (lifeform): Grains Related terms: mwele
    Sense id: en-uwele-sw-noun-g~Nh0ENC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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