nyumba

== Chichewa == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɲu.ᵐbá/ === Noun === nyumbá class 9 (plural nyumbá class 10) house == Chuabo == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá (“house”). === Noun === nyumba house === References === Shrum, Jeff (2018), Chuwabo - Portuguese Dictionary‎[1], SIL International == Mwani == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. === Noun === nyumba class 9 (plural nyumba) house == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. Cognate to Luganda ennyumba. === Pronunciation === (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈɲu.ᵐbɑ/ === Noun === nyumba class IX (plural nyumba class X) house ==== Derived terms ==== chumba (“room”) jumba (“mansion”) nyumba ya uzazi (“womb”) unyumba (“married life”) == Tumbuka == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. === Noun === nyumba class 9 (plural nyumba class 10) house == Zulu == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀mba. The change of the initial consonant is due to analogy with inyumba. === Verb === -nyumba (intransitive) to become barren, to become sterile ==== Inflection ==== === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “nyumba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “nyumba (6.6-3)”