mbuti
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See also: Mbuti
Finnish
Etymology
From English Mbuti, from Lese .
Pronunciation
Noun
mbuti
- (in the plural) the Mbuti (pygmy people living in the Northeast Congo)
- Mbuti (member of that people)
- Mbuti (language of that people)
Declension
| Inflection of mbuti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mbuti | mbutit | |
| genitive | mbutin | mbutien | |
| partitive | mbutia | mbuteja | |
| illative | mbutiin | mbuteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mbuti | mbutit | |
| accusative | nom. | mbuti | mbutit |
| gen. | mbutin | ||
| genitive | mbutin | mbutien | |
| partitive | mbutia | mbuteja | |
| inessive | mbutissa | mbuteissa | |
| elative | mbutista | mbuteista | |
| illative | mbutiin | mbuteihin | |
| adessive | mbutilla | mbuteilla | |
| ablative | mbutilta | mbuteilta | |
| allative | mbutille | mbuteille | |
| essive | mbutina | mbuteina | |
| translative | mbutiksi | mbuteiksi | |
| abessive | mbutitta | mbuteitta | |
| instructive | — | mbutein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- pygmi (“pygmy”)
Tsonga
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́dì.
Noun
mbuti class 9 (plural timbuti class 10)