rushwa

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rushwa¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic رُشْوَة (rušwa).

noun rushwa

  1. class ix bribe, kickback

    Similar: rushwa, hongo, chai, kitu kidogo, mlungula, kadhongo, chauchau, chichiri, chirimiri

rushwa²

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb -rushwa · kurushwa · kutorushwa · rushwa · rushweni

  1. passive Passive form of -rusha

In English

  • bribe inducement to a breaking of the rules

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@misc{rushwa_2026,
  title = {rushwa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/rushwa},
  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-rushwa.flac.