twiga

Kiswahili

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twiga^¹

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ntʊ̀ìgà. Cognate with Kikuyu ndũiga, Rwanda-Rundi twiga, Shona twiza, Gungu ntwi̱ga, Ikizu itwiga, Kabwa entwiga.

noun twiga

class ix giraffe

Twiga^²

proper noun

Camelopardalis

In English

giraffe mammal

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

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

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@misc{twiga_2026,
  title = {twiga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/twiga},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}