Chimwala
Yao word for "stone" or "rock", used directly as a personal name.
Meaning and origin
Chimwala takes an ordinary Yao noun for a stone and gives it straight to a child, without going through a saint, ancestor or myth first.
How to pronounce Chimwala
| English (US) | chim-WAH-lah /tʃɪmˈwɑːlə/ |
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