Contionary:chawa

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Ganymedian

Etymology

From Swahili chawa. Offensive sense of "American" coming from the idea that the exploitative (hence "parasitic") bourgeois class of early Ganymedian society were predominantly of American, especially Anglo-American descent.

Pronunciation

Noun

chawa class I (plural wachawa)

  1. louse
  2. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) American, Yank
    Synonym: yanki
    Bario te likawa kiswario gran badaya ke wachawa liwenda.
    This neighbourhood became a large kiswario after the Yanks left.