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dawa

dawa noun: a medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.

Noun

dawa (plural dawas)

  1. (Africa, East) A medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
  2. (Kenya) A cocktail made with vodka, honey, and lime juice.

Proper noun capitalized: Dawa

Dawa (plural Dawas)

  1. A male given name from Tibetan.

Forms of dawa

Noun
pluraldawas
Proper noun
pluralDawas

Origin of dawa

Borrowed from Swahili dawa (“medicine”), borrowed from Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

Borrowed from Tibetan.

Phrases with dawa

Questions about dawa

What does dawa mean?
Dawa means a medicine, particularly a native one or one used by witch doctors.
What part of speech is dawa?
Dawa can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of dawa?
The plural of dawa is dawas.

Words near dawa in the dictionary

  1. Davyhulme
  2. davyne
  3. davys
  4. davyum
  5. daw
  6. dawa
  7. dawadawa
  8. dawah
  9. Dawahon
  10. Dawahongnewa
  11. Dawahoya

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