unyoya

Kiswahili

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unyoya

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀jòjá.

noun manyoya · nyoya

  1. class xi feather
  2. class xi fur (hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick)
  3. class xi hair (of an animal)

In English

  • feather branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds
  • fur coating resembling fur

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

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

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

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@misc{unyoya_2026,
  title = {unyoya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/unyoya},
  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-unyoya.flac.