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Makhuwa
Regional variants of ntthu
| eMakuana
|
mutthú
|
| eMarevone
|
múthu
|
| eMeeto
|
ńtthu
|
| eMpamela
|
ńthu
|
| eMwaja
|
ntthúle
|
| eNahara
|
ńtthu
|
| eNlai
|
nthú
|
| eRati
|
ńtthu
|
| eSaaka
|
ńtthu
|
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.
Noun
ńtthu class 1 (plural átthu class 2) (Emeeto, Enahara, Erati, Esaaka)
- person
References
- Jenneke van der Wal (2009) Word order and information structure in Makhuwa-Enahara (PhD thesis), Leiden University, page 39
- Alaudino J. R. Campos et al. (2009) “ntthu”, in Vocabulário de eMakhuwa eMeeto , Nampula: SIL Mozambique, page 93
- Kenneth Brown et al. (2015) “ntthu”, in Vocabulario Temático de Enahara-Português-English, Nampula: SIL Mozambique, page 1