mwana.
child (a son or daughter)
Meaning & usage
child (a son or daughter)
In compounds, someone who does or has a relation to something.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà Proto-Sabaki *mwana Swahili mwana Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *mwana, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà. In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian mwana and Giryama mwana. Other Bantu cognates include Rwanda-Rundi umwâna and Sotho ngwana.
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