English Explanatory Dictionary

kwela

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A style of music, first played in the townships, whose principal instrument is the penny whistle.

Word forms

kwela

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *-kóɪda Zulu -khwéla English kwela From Zulu -khwéla (“get up”).

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