toweka

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toweka

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From a stative form of Proto-Sabaki *-cowa (“to lack”), from Common Bantu *-cóba. By surface analysis, -toa (“to withdraw, to remove, to give, etc.”) + -eka. Doublet of -toleka.

verb -toweka · kutoweka · kutotoweka · toweka · towekeni

to disappear or vanish
euphemistic to die
Similar: aga dunia, fa, fariki, fariki dunia, fia, kata roho, kata kamba, pita, salimu roho, toweka, tupa mkono

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@misc{toweka_2026,
  title = {toweka},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/toweka},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}