mwana

Kiswahili

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mwana

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *mwana, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian mwana and Giryama mwana. Other Bantu cognates include Rwanda-Rundi umwâna and Sotho ngwana.

noun wana

class i child (a son or daughter) نِكَمَ كِسِمَ كِسِگُ وُمْبِّ ، كِنْيِ مْتَپَاءَ مَانَ وَغُمْبِ
class i In compounds, someone who does or has a relation to something.

In English

baby very young human being — see also child
child son or daughter; someone's child
son a male person in relation to his parents

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

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

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@misc{mwana_2026,
  title = {mwana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mwana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}