mwana

Chichewa edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmʷa.ná/

Noun edit

mwaná class 1 (plural aná class 2)

child

Derived terms edit

kamwana

Related terms edit

ubwana

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

Pronunciation edit

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 edit

mwana class 1 (plural ciana)^[3]

child

Antonyms edit

mũciari,^[4] mũthuuri^[4]

Derived terms edit

(Proverbs)

Related terms edit

(Nouns)

kaana class 12

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.