mbwa

• IPA^(key): [m̥͡bʷâ]

mbwâ

1. hut, room

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

mbwá class 9 (plural mbwá class 10)

1. Karanga form of imbwa

mbwa

1. water

• Michael Anderson, Sudest-English dictionary (1990)

From Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à.

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mbwa (n class, plural mbwa)

1. dog

• → Malagasy: amboa

• (canids) Canidae: mbwa na jamaa; - (“coyote”), mbwa (“dog”), mbweha (“fox”), bweha (“jackal”) or mbweha, mbwa mwitu (“wolf / African wild dog”) ^{(Category: sw:Canids) [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]}

From Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à.

mbwa (plural bambwa)

1. dog