mwana

Chichewa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʷa.ná/

Noun

mwaná class 1 (plural aná class 2)

  1. child

Derived terms

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòànáꜜ/
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]

  1. child

Antonyms

Derived terms

(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

(Nouns)

See also

References
  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.
  4. Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, pp. 28, 48.

Lingala

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural bana)

  1. child

Maore Comorian

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural wana class 2)

  1. child

Mwani

Noun

mwana class 1 (plural wana)

  1. child

Swahili

Etymology

Compare Luganda omwana.

Noun

mwana (m-wa class, plural wana)

  1. child (a male or female child; a son or daughter)
  2. In compounds, someone who does or has a relation to something.

Synonyms

Derived terms
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