mtawaliwa

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From m- +‎ -tawaliwa (“to be ruled”).

Noun[edit]

mtawaliwa (m-wa class, plural watawaliwa)

  1. subject (one who is under the power of another)
    • 2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:
      […] kuchota rasilimali nyingi iwezekanavyo kutoka kwa watawaliwa, […]
      […] to extract as many resources as possible from the subjects, […]
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