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Chichewa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Pronunciation
Noun
mwaná class 1 (plural aná class 2)
- child
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Kikuyu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on. Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on. Clements (1984) classifies this term into “HL class” corresponding to Armstrong's mbori class and Benson's disyllabic 3, together with mũgeka, mũrata, and Kamau.
Noun
mwana class 1 (plural ciana)
- child
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References
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ^ Clements, George N. (1984). "Principles of tone assignment in Kikuyu." In Clements, G.N. and J.A. Goldsmith (eds.) Autosegmental studies in Bantu tone, pp. 281–339. Dordrecht: Mouton de Gruyter; Foris Publications. →ISBN
- ^ “mwana” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 10. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, pp. 28, 48.
Lingala
Noun
mwana class 1 (plural bana class 2)
- Alternative form of mwǎna
Luba-Kasai
Noun
mwana
- child
Maore Comorian
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun
mwana class 1 (plural wana class 2)
- baby
- child
References
- “mwana” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.
Mwani
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun
mwana class 1 (plural wana)
- child
Ngoni
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun
mwana (plural wana)
- child
Shona
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun
mwaná class 1 (plural vaná class 2)
- child
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Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Pronunciation
Noun
mwana (m-wa class, plural wana)
- child (a son or daughter)
- In compounds, someone who does or has a relation to something.
Derived terms
See also
Tumbuka
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun
mwana class 1 (plural ŵana class 2)
- child