kwa shingo upande

Swahili

Etymology

Literally, “by a bent neck”.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

kwa shingo upande

(idiomatic) reluctantly

References

Kraska-Szlenk, Iwona (2023) “Kiswahili Research in Cognitive and Cultural Linguistics”, in Swahili Forum‎, volume 30, →ISSN, page 199 of 196-214: “kwa shingo upande ‘with the neck aside (i.e. unwillingly)’”

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