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dawa
dawa
See also: da'wa
Sundanese
Noun
dawa
- lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.
References
- “Dawa” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.
Swahili
Etymology
Noun
dawa (n class, plural dawa) or dawa (ma class, plural madawa)
Usage notes
In its strictest sense, this word means "medicine", but is used generally for anything that improves or protects the condition of another thing; for example dawa ya viatu (“dawa of the shoes”) means "shoe polish".