etswa
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Nupe
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Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Gupa-Abawa ecwa. Blench suggest this is a back-formation from tswan̄gi (“star”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]etswa (plural etswazhì)
Derived terms
[edit]- tswan̄gi (“star”)
Further reading
[edit]- Roger Blench, The Nupoid Languages of West-Central Nigeria: Overview and Comparative Wordlist (2013)