Meaning of suwa

n. lemon

n. word to drive away chickens.

n. general term for various sour, fragrant citrus fruits with a taste similar to lime and thick peels that adhere to the flesh, varying in size from the tiny samuyaw to the byásung. suwàsuwà n. bush bearing leaves with an odor like citrus and small mucilagenous berries, red when ripe: Triphasia trifolia.

see sulà.

for words with suwa- see also sula- and swa-.