mwaan

Nzadi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Noun

mwǎàn (plural bǎàn)

1. child

Alternative forms

• mwǎ (reduced form sometimes used in compounds)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mwáán (plural mwáán)

1. light

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN