sawa 2 noun English. Any of various nonpoisonous snakes that coil around and crush or asphyxiate their prey, python. Example sentence: Subanen. Kagebii duminapa'i sawa tug balay nami, gembagel gupia, dinapa'en sug babuy nami. English. Last night a python caught and ate its prey at our house; it was really very big; it caught and ate our pig. In group with: mematun Generic. mamak