okwa

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See also: okwā

English

Noun

okwa (countable and uncountable, plural okwas)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of okra.

References

Anagrams

Nzadi

Etymology 1

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Noun

okwâ (plural akwâ)

  1. younger sibling
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *ìkúpà.

Noun

okwâ (plural ekwâ)

  1. bone

Further reading

  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi : a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN