UKIMWI

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: ukimwi and Ukimwi

Swahili

[edit]
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Acronym of upungufu wa kinga mwilini (literally deficit of protection in the body).[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

[edit]

UKIMWI (u class, no plural)

  1. Acronym of upungufu wa kinga mwilini (AIDS).

See also

[edit]
  • VVU (HIV)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Aiello, Flavia, Tramutoli, Rosanna (2023) “KIU (Kiswahili–Italiano-UniOr): The UniOr online Dictionary for Italian L1 Swahili Learners”, in Lexikos[1], volume 33, →DOI, page 96 of 90-108:AIDS (in Swahili UKIMWI, the acronym of Upungufu wa Kinga Mwilini, literally 'deficit of protection in the body')