ukwa

How to say it

Meaning

apart, separately; set apart from others or from a group.

Good to know

used adverbially, often in phrases like ukwabyo/ukwabo ('on its/their own') for something kept separate.

Examples

• Ibyo bikoresho bibitswe ukwabyo.Those tools are kept apart, separately.
• Ese ushaka kubitondeka ukwabyo?Do you want to arrange them separately?
• Ntabwo dushobora kubishyira ukwabyo, byose birakenewe.We can't keep them apart, they're all needed.
• Tuzabashyira ukwabo mu kazu kabo.We will put them separately in their own place.