English Explanatory Dictionary

utamawazo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. culturally structured thought or worldview

Word forms

utamawazo

Etymology

Etymology tree Swahili u- Arabic تَمَدَّنَ (tamaddana) Arabic تَمَدُّن (tamaddun)bor. Swahili utamaduni Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili -waza Proto-Bantu *-ò Swahili -o Swahili wazo blend English utamawazo From a blend of Swahili utamaduni (“culture”) and wazo (“thought”); introduced in this sense by Marimba Ani in 1994.

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