thwate
- piece of hide; dried strip of meat grilled and pounded to soften it for eating during severe famine; piece of skin used to make leather cap of bottle or for strengthening the haft of a gouging tool; ũma ta thwate = be as tough as leather; gũra thwate = buy a little goat to eat; 2. proceeds of hunting/honey-collecting
Example: twathĩĩ gwetha thwate =