mwili

Maore Comorian

Noun

mwili class 3 (plural mili class 4)

1. body

References

• “mwili” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Noun

mwili class III (plural miili class IV)

1. body (physical structure of a human or animal)
2. (anatomy) trunk (central part of the body)

Derived terms

• kimwili (“bodily, physical”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mwili

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) m class_(I)/m class_(III)/u class_(XI) inflected form of -wili