okwa

See also: okwā

English

Noun

okwa (countable and uncountable, plural okwas)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of okra.

References

• “okra, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams

• woak

Nzadi

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

okwâ (plural akwâ)

1. younger sibling

Coordinate terms

• izí

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *ìkúpà.

Noun

okwâ (plural ekwâ)

1. bone

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN