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usawi

Usage category: rare

Recognition: 16%

Book: ku lili

Coined era: post-pu

Coined year: 2019

magic, sorcery; enchant; magical, supernatural, occult, incomprehensible

commentary

Originally, usawi also included "technology so complex it's impossible to tell apart from magic" in its meaning, but this meaning has been deprecated by the creator.

lipu ku translations

magic⁰

origin

Source Language: Swahili

Etymology: uchawi ‘witchcraft, sorcery’

Creator(s): jan Tumu

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