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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

maziwa.

milk

6 characters3 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. milk

    class-vi · plural · plural-only

  2. plural of ziwa (“breast”)

    class-vi · form-of · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

A borrowing in Proto-Sabaki from Proto-South Cushitic *ʔilibaa (whence Burunge ilibaa, Iraqw ilwaa). Within Bantu compare Kikuyu iria, Kamba ĩia.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.