mbwa

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à.

mbwa

1. dog

• IPA^(key): [m̥͡bʷâ]

mbwâ

1. hut, room

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Borrowed from Yao mbwa (“dog”), from Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à (“dog”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”).

• IPA^(key): /ᵐbʷa/

mbwa class 9 (plural mbwa class 10)

1. dog

   Synonym: galu

• chimbwala (“type of little dog”).

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 303

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à (“dog”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”).

mbwa class 9 (plural zimbwa)

1. dog

Borrowed from Bangi mbwa.

mbwa

1. dog

mbwa

1. dog

mbwá class 9 (plural mbwá class 10)

1. Karanga form of imbwa

mbwa

1. water

• Michael Anderson, Sudest-English dictionary (1990)

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à (“dog”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”).

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mbwa class I/IX (plural mbwa class II/X)

1. dog

• → Malagasy: amboa

• canids: mbwa na jamaa: mbwa · mbwa mwitu · mbweha~bweha ^[edit]

• (Chinese zodiac signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”) ^{(Category: sw:Chinese zodiac signs) [edit]}

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à (“dog”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”).

mbwa (plural bambwa)

1. dog

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à (“dog”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”).

mbwa class 9 (plural mbwa)

1. dog

• → Chichewa: mbwa

• Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya
• Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1889), Introductory Handbook of the Yao Language‎^[2], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 192
• Meredith Sanderson, M.R.C.S., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I. (1922), A Yao Grammar‎^[3], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 176

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à (“dog”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”).

mbwa

1. dog

• mbwa mbago (“wild dog, bush dog, wolf”)

• Chizigula of Somalia Dictionary‎^[4], SIL International, 2020