twana
- children (diminutive). Children (diminutive). Small children or little ones; the diminutive plural form used to refer to young children with affection or emphasis on their small size.
Example: Twana twao rĩrĩa maatwĩra tuumagare nĩ tũingĩ o ta rũũru, (They let their young run free like sheep,); Ningĩ andũ makĩmũtwarĩra twana, atĩ atũhutie: nao arutwo makĩmakaania. (Mt 19:13–15; Lk 18:15–17. And people were bringing children to him that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. Lk 9:47.)