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muwalimu

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Meaning

o- (mu/ba) [_Sw.,Ar.^ teacher; Muslim teacher; a title of respect given to men of learning or distinction.

muwalimu, o- (mu/ba) [_Sw.,Ar.^ teacher; Muslim teacher; a title of respect given to men of learning or distinction.

Related Words
muwaabi o- (mu/ba) accuser; leg. plaintiff, complainant; prosecutor, cf. waaba. muwaabirwa o- more commonly omuwawaa- birwa (mu/ba) defendant, one charged/accused. cf. waaba. muwaanyirizi o- also omuwaanirizi (mu/ba) one who engages in constant flattery. cf. waana. muwaatwa o- (mu/mi) space, room; opening; gap, breach; (mountain) pass. muwaawa o- (mu/mi) kind of savannah tree, Acacia sieberiana, muwaawaalo adv. in a panic; with great haste. muwaayirizi o- (mu/ba) one who makes accusations, slanderer, c.f. waayira waayiriza. muwabo o- usually in the plur. (mu/mi) dispersion. okubuna emiwabo, to scatter in all directions, cf. waba. muwabutwa o- (mu/ba) poisoner; witch, lit. a-give-poison. Avanjaza amagalo ng'omu- wabutwa. He is handling things with his dirty fingers, cf Muwadi o- (mu/ba) Muslim, cf. wadimuka. muwafu o- (mu/mi) incense tree, Canarium schweinfurthii. The fruit is called empafu, q. v. muwagizi o- (mu/ba) supporter, backer, adherent. cf. lwaga, wagira.