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abatwa (plural abatwa)
- A tiny spirit being in Zulu folklore.
Inherited from French abattoir (“slaughterhouse, abattoir”).
abatwa
- slaughterhouse; abattoir
- Klingler, T. A., & Valdman, A. (1998). Dictionary of Louisiana Creole. Indiana Univ. Press.