kwao

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[English Word] their (place)

[Part of Speech] pronoun

[Derived Word] -ao, noun classes 15 and 17

[Swahili Example] anarudi kwao

[English Example] he is going back to their place

[Note] See Swahili Noun Class Guide at www.yale.edu/swahili/nounclassguide.html

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[English Word] to them

[Part of Speech] pronoun

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[English Word] to them

[Part of Speech] pronoun

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[English Word] with them

[Part of Speech] pronoun

[Swahili Example] nilikaa kwao

[English Example] I stayed with them

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[English Word] from them

[Part of Speech] pronoun

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[English Word] to their home

[Part of Speech] pronoun

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[English Word] at their home

[Part of Speech] pronoun

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[English Word] from their home

[Part of Speech] pronoun

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[Swahili Plural] makwao

[English Word] birthplace

[English Plural] birthplaces

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[Swahili Plural] makwao

[English Word] home

[English Plural] homes

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Swahili Example] mfukuzwa kwao hana pakwenda (methali)

[English Example] he who is chased away from home has no where to go (proverb)

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[English Word] by means of (class 2, 3, 11)

[Part of Speech] conjunction

[Swahili Example] ni mto huu ambao kwao wavuvi huishi

[English Example] it is this river by means of which the fisherpeople live

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[Swahili Plural] makwao

[English Word] obstruction

[English Plural] obstructions

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Related Words] -kwaa

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[Swahili Plural] makwao

[English Word] impediment

[English Plural] impediments

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Related Words] -kwaa

[Swahili Example] njia ya kwao [Rec]

[English Example] a rough, stony road (one with many impediments)

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[Swahili Word] kwao

[Swahili Plural] makwao

[English Word] stumbling block

[English Plural] stumbling blocks

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Related Words] -kwaa

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[Swahili Word] kwao kichwa-kahawia

[Swahili Plural] kwao kichwa-kahawia

[English Word] brown-headed parrot

[English Plural] brown-headed-parrots

[Taxonomy] Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Terminology] ornithology

[Note] New proposed name

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[Swahili Word] kwao paji-jekundu

[Swahili Plural] kwao paji-jekundu

[English Word] red-fronted parrot

[English Plural] red-fronted parrots

[Taxonomy] Poicephalus gulielmi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Terminology] ornithology

[Note] New proposed name

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[Swahili Word] kwao shingo-kahawia

[Swahili Plural] kwao shingo-kahawia

[English Word] brown-necked parrot

[English Plural] brown-necked parrots

[Taxonomy] Poicephalus robustus

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Terminology] ornithology

[Note] New proposed name

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[Swahili Word] kwao tumbo-machungwa

[Swahili Plural] kwao tumbo-machungwa

[English Word] orange-bellied parrot

[English Plural] orange-bellied parrots

[Taxonomy] Poicephalus rufiventris

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Terminology] ornithology

[Note] New proposed name

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[Swahili Word] kwao utosi-njano

[Swahili Plural] kwao utosi-njano

[English Word] brown parrot

[English Plural] brown parrots

[Taxonomy] Poicephalus meyeri

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Terminology] ornithology

[Note] New proposed name

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