Kowatiate

When someone says something unclear, you can ask them to provide more detail, by asking them to expand or offer more explanation. By so doing, they are kowatiating. Also spelled kowaciate. Pronounced as /kɒwaʃıeıt/.

The word is of Nigerian origin and derived from the Igbo word "Kowa" meaning "to explain" and adding the suffix "tiate" to it.

My parents kowatiated on the value of keeping the sourroundings clean

My teacher asked me to kowatiate on my reasons for having been absent from school

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