daawa

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Kamba

Noun

daawa

  1. medicine (treatment which promotes healing)

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَعْوَى (daʕwā).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

daawa class IX (plural daawa class X)

  1. lawsuit, litigation

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102 Nr. 909
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