mwangaza

• muangaza

From mw- +‎ -angaza (“to shine”).

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mwangaza class III (plural miangaza class IV)

1. light (brightness)
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 15:

     اَوُ اِغَ فُمْبِ لَمُوَاغَزَ ، وَقَتِ وَيُوَ لِكِتُپُوْزَ

     Au enga vumbi la-muangaza, waqati wa-yua likitupuza;

     Or when the sun shines, see the mote in its ray

2. knowledge