UKIMWI
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Swahili
Alternative forms
Etymology
Acronym of upungufu wa kinga mwilini (literally “deficit of protection in the body”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
UKIMWI class XI (no plural)
- Acronym of upungufu wa kinga mwilini (“AIDS”).
See also
- VVU (“HIV”)
References
- ^ Aiello, Flavia, Tramutoli, Rosanna (2023) “KIU (Kiswahili–Italiano-UniOr): The UniOr online Dictionary for Italian L1 Swahili Learners”, in Lexikos, volume 33, , page 96 of 90-108: “AIDS (in Swahili UKIMWI, the acronym of Upungufu wa Kinga Mwilini, literally 'deficit of protection in the body')”