mwaka

Kikuyu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moàkáꜜ/

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.

Noun

mwaka class 3 (plural mĩaka)

1. year

See also

• mũthenya < kiumia < mweri < mwaka

References

• “mwaka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Luba-Kasai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

Noun

mwaka

1. year

Luganda

Noun

mwaka class II

1. base state of omwaka

Mwani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

Noun

mwaka class 3 (plural myaka)

1. year

Shona

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

Noun

mwaká class 3 (plural mwaká class 4)

1. (Manyika, Zezuru) season

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-. Cognate to Luganda omwaka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mwaka class III (plural miaka class IV)

1. year

Derived terms

• mwakani

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

Adverb

mwaka

1. long ago

References

• William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 1, 226

Noun

mwaka class 3 (plural myaka class 4)

1. year

References

• William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, pages 1, 279