Swahili Palindrome Squares

Imaginative reading: Is he getting married? Yes. He steals from Oyidn, and he intermarries

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

• Anaoa: He/she is marrying
  • Third-person singular present of -oa, “to marry a woman”
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• Ndiyo: Yes/indeed
  • Interjection
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• Aibia: He/she steals from/robs
  • Third-person singular gnomic of -ibia, the applicative of -iba, “to steal from”
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• Oyidn: Invented name
• Aoana: He/she intermarries
  • Third-person singular gnomic of -oana, reciprocal of -oa, “to marry each other/intermarry”
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Imaginative reading: Auauk, keep going; he’s ill. Manage to examine him

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

• Auauk: Invented name
• Udumu: Keep going/continue
  • Second-person singular subjunctive of -dumu, “to last/continue”
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• Augua: He/she is ill
  • Third-person singular gnomic of -ugua, “to be ill/sick”
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• Umudu: Manage/cope
  • Second-person singular subjunctive of -mudu, “to manage/handle; be able to”
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• Kuaua: To inspect/examine
  • Infinitive of -aua, “to survey/inspect/examine/trace out”
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Imaginative reading: He kills the deputy, robs Ubian, and engages in mutual killing

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

• Anaua: He/she kills
  • Third-person singular present of -ua, “to kill”
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• Naibu: Deputy/representative
  • Noun, class V
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• Aibia: He/she steals from/robs
  • Third-person singular gnomic of -ibia, the applicative of -iba, “to steal from”
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• Ubian: Invented name
• Auana: Engages in mutual killing
  • Third-person singular gnomic of -uana, reciprocal of -ua, “to kill one another”
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