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mwana.

child (a son or daughter)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. child (a son or daughter)

    class-i
  2. In compounds, someone who does or has a relation to something.

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