kichwa

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kichwa

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Nurse & Hinnebusch (1993) claim this word is from the root of mchwa (“termite”), based on a physical comparison to termite mounds.

noun vichwa

class vii head
class vii heading, title

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"kichwa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/kichwa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kichwa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kichwa

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"kichwa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kichwa.

BibTeX

@misc{kichwa_2026,
  title = {kichwa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kichwa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}