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Kwa

[ kwah ]

adjective

  1. of, belonging to, or constituting Kwa.


noun

  1. a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Ewe, Ibo, Yoruba, and other languages of coastal West Africa.

Kwa

/ kwɑː /

noun

  1. a group of languages, now generally regarded as a branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken in an area of W Africa extending from Côte d'Ivoire to E Nigeria and including Akan, Ewe, Yoruba, and Ibo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. relating to or belonging to this group of languages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Currently, there are 365 Fresh Life Toilets in Mukuru Kwa Ruben and other settlements, owned by 190 FLOs.

The third major group, the Kwa linguistic group…was found mostly in the southern and eastern parts of Liberia.

My people lived then in the distant Pa-lat Kwa-bi in the South.

Mary, yah-kwa Boston man tik-eh moo-sum me-si-ka house po-lak-le.

Quahog, kwa-hog′, n. the common round clam of the North American Atlantic coast.

Suddenly a lame old croaking frog forced its way to the front and said, “Kwa, kwa; I know where this marvel is to be found.”

But Msh-kwa-sha-kwong behaved towards his wife as if ignorant of her vile course.

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