mwezi

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mwezi

  • /ˈmʷɛ.zi/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jédì. Cognate to Luganda omwezi.

noun miezi

  1. class iii moon (the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth)
  2. class iii month
  3. class iii menstruation

    Similar: hedhi, damu

In English

  • month period into which a year is divided
  • moon the natural satellite of planet Earth
  • Moon sole natural satellite of the Earth

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

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

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

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@misc{mwezi_2026,
  title = {mwezi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mwezi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-mwezi.flac.