Translation of lodwa in English:
lodwa
alone
pronoun
1
aloneon its own‘Sibon'ikhwezi seliphezu kwentaba || Seliphume lodwa lathi qekelele [imigqa emi-2 yenkondlo]’ — We saw the morning star above the mountain || It came out alone and stood out [two lines of poetry]‘Lolu hlelo belungahambi lodwa njengoba belugcwele amaphutha’ — This programme could not proceed on its own because it was full of flaws2
only‘Wayegqoke ibhulukwe lodwa ngaphandle kweshethi’ — He was wearing trousers only, without a shirt‘Ungadla uphuthu lodwa uluqede’ — You can eat the crumbly porridge only, and finish it