mwana

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

mwana class 1 (plural ciana)^[3]

child

Antonyms

mũciari,^[4] mũthuuri^[4]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

Related terms

(Nouns)

kaana class 12

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.

Kituba

Noun

mwana

child

Kunda

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural wana)

child

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi mwana.

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural bana class 2)

child

Luba-Kasai

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana class 1

child

Luba-Katanga

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.

Mpoto

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural bhana)

child

Mwani

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural wana)

child

Mwera

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural bhana)

child

Ndendeule

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural yana)

child

Ngoni

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana (plural wana)

child

Nyungwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural wana)

child

Sena

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural ana)

child

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwaná class 1 (plural vaná class 2)

child

Derived terms

chana

Related terms

-ana

Swahili

Other scripts
Ajami	مَانَ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

mwana class I (plural wana class II)

child (a son or daughter)
- 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], stanza 14:
  نِكَمَ كِسِمَ كِسِگُ وُمْبِّ ، كِنْيِ مْتَپَاءَ مَانَ وَغُمْبِ
  Ni-kama kisima kisicho ombe, chenye mta-paa mwana wa-ng'ombe,
  It is like a shallow well where charges a young bull;
In compounds, someone who does or has a relation to something.

Derived terms

Tonga (Zambia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana

child

Tumbuka

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural ŵana class 2)

child

Derived terms

kamwana

Related terms

mwanici

[yy1981-1] 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.

[2] 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

[3] “mwana” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 10. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[mam2014-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, pp. 28, 48.

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