mwaka
Appearance
Kikuyu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]
Noun
[edit]mwaka class 3 (plural mĩaka)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- “mwaka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Luba-Kasai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.
Noun
[edit]mwaka
Luganda
[edit]Noun
[edit]mwaka class II
- base state of omwaka
Mwani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.
Noun
[edit]mwaka class 3 (plural myaka)
Shona
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.
Noun
[edit]mwaká class 3 (plural mwaká class 4)
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-. Cognate to Luganda omwaka.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mwaka class III (plural miaka class IV)
Derived terms
[edit]Tumbuka
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.
Adverb
[edit]mwaka
References
[edit]- William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 1, 226
Noun
[edit]mwaka class 3 (plural myaka class 4)
References
[edit]- William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary[2], Central Africana Limited, pages 1, 279
Categories:
- Kikuyu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Kikuyu terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Kikuyu terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Kikuyu terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kikuyu lemmas
- Kikuyu nouns
- Kikuyu class 3 nouns
- ki:Time
- Luba-Kasai terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Luba-Kasai terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Luba-Kasai terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Luba-Kasai terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Luba-Kasai lemmas
- Luba-Kasai nouns
- Luganda non-lemma forms
- Luganda noun forms
- Mwani terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Mwani terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Mwani terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Mwani terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Mwani lemmas
- Mwani nouns
- Mwani class 3 nouns
- wmw:Time
- Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Shona terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Shona terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Shona lemmas
- Shona nouns
- Shona class 3 nouns
- Manyika Shona
- Zezuru Shona
- sn:Time
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class III nouns
- sw:Time
- Tumbuka terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Tumbuka terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo
- Tumbuka lemmas
- Tumbuka adverbs
- Tumbuka nouns
- Tumbuka class 3 nouns