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ziwa.

lake (body of water)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈzi.wɑ/
  1. lake (body of water)

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Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìdìbà.

noun/ˈzi.wɑ/
  1. breast (organ)

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Where this word comes from

From the same Cushitic borrowing as maziwa (“milk”), which represents the original semantics, but was shifted to a plurale tantum to match other liquids.

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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.