tawala

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tawala

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Borrowed from Arabic تَوَلَّى (tawallā).

verb -tawala · kutawala · kutotawala · tawala · tawaleni

  1. to rule, to reign

    Similar: miliki, tamalaki

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

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

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

BibTeX
@misc{tawala_2026,
  title = {tawala},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/tawala},
  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-tawala.flac.