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Chichewa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mwaná class 1 (plural aná class 2)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
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. 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.[1] 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.[2]
Noun[edit]
mwana class 1 (plural ciana)[3]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
(Proverbs)
- gũtirĩ mwana ũngĩtema agĩtemera ithe
- mũka mũcangacangi ndagaga mwana
- mũka ũrĩ mwana ndoraga
- mwana mũkũrũ na ithe nĩ hamwe
- mwana mwende ndoĩ kũinia thũmbĩ
- mwana ndaheanagwo
- mwana ndahũragwo ithe arĩ ho
- mwana ndetagia ithe nyama
- mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
- ngoi ndĩtumagwo mwana atarĩ mũciare
Related terms[edit]
(Nouns)
- kaana class 12
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.
- ^ 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
mwana class 1 (plural bana class 2)
- Alternative form of mwǎna
Luba-Kasai[edit]
Noun[edit]
mwana
Maore Comorian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun[edit]
mwana class 1 (plural wana class 2)
References[edit]
- “mwana” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.
Mwani[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun[edit]
mwana class 1 (plural wana)
Ngoni[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun[edit]
mwana (plural wana)
Shona[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun[edit]
mwaná class 1 (plural vaná class 2)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
mwana (m-wa class, plural wana)
- child (a son or daughter)
- In compounds, someone who does or has a relation to something.
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- mwanaakiolojia
- mwanaanga
- mwanabenki
- mwanachama
- mwanachuoni
- mwanadamu
- mwanadensi
- mwanadiplomasia
- mwanafalsafa
- mwanafizikia
- mwanafunzi
- mwanagenzi
- mwanahabari
- mwanaharakati
- mwanahisa
- mwanahisabati
- mwanahistoria
- mwanaisimu
- mwanajeshi
- mwanajumuia
- mwanakemia
- mwanakijiji
- mwanakondoo
- mwanaleksikografia
- mwanamaji
- mwanambuzi
- mwanamfalme
- mwanamgambo
- mwanamitindo
- mwanamke
- mwanamume
- mwanamuziki
- mwanamziki
- mwananchi
- mwanangu
- mwanariadha
- mwanasaikolojia
- mwanasanaa
- mwanasarufi
- mwanasayansi
- mwanasheria
- mwanasiasa
- mwanaspoti
- mwanaume
See also[edit]
Tumbuka[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.
Noun[edit]
mwana class 1 (plural ŵana class 2)
Categories:
- Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
- Chichewa nouns
- Chichewa class 1 nouns
- ny:People
- Kikuyu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Kikuyu terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kikuyu lemmas
- Kikuyu nouns
- Kikuyu class 1 nouns
- ki:Family
- Lingala lemmas
- Lingala nouns
- Lingala class 1 nouns
- Luba-Kasai lemmas
- Luba-Kasai nouns
- Maore Comorian terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Maore Comorian terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Maore Comorian lemmas
- Maore Comorian nouns
- Maore Comorian class 1 nouns
- Mwani terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Mwani terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Mwani lemmas
- Mwani nouns
- Mwani class 1 nouns
- Ngoni terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Ngoni terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Ngoni lemmas
- Ngoni nouns
- Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Shona lemmas
- Shona nouns
- Shona class 1 nouns
- sn:People
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili m-wa class nouns
- Tumbuka terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka lemmas
- Tumbuka nouns
- Tumbuka class 1 nouns