omuntu
التعريفات والمعاني
== Kabwa ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).
=== Noun ===
omuntu class 1 (plural abhantu)
person, human being
=== References ===
Philipo, Nyamisana Hamis; Walker, John B. (2016), "Kabwa - Swahili - English Dictionary."[1], SIL International
== Luganda ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).
=== Noun ===
omuntu (class I, plural abantu, base state muntu, plural base state bantu)
human, person, man (as opposed to being an animal)
==== Derived terms ====
erintu
==== See also ====
omusajja (“man, as opposed to being a woman”)
==== References ====
J. D., Chesswas (1967), The Essentials of Luganda, 4th edition, Nairobi: Oxford University Press, page 14
Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 222
Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 375
== Ndonga ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).
=== Noun ===
omuntu class 1 (plural aantu)
man, human being, person
==== Derived terms ====
gwanamuntu (“child of man”)
omintu (“crowd”)
entu (“ridiculous clumsy person”)
oshintu (“poor creature, contemptible person”)
oluntu (“small or short person”)
okantu (“small person”)
uuntu (“humanity, mankind”)
=== References ===
T.E.Tirronen (1986), Ndonga-English Vocabulary[2], ELOC Printing Press, page 305
== Nyankole ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).
=== Noun ===
omuntu class 1 (plural abantu class 2, augmentless muntu, plural augmentless bantu)
person
=== References ===
Bible Society of Uganda, EKITABO EKIRIKWERA BAIBULI N'EBITABO EBY'OMUBONANO APOKURUFA/DYUTROKANONIKO, 2008 - Yoh 1:4, 6
== Nyoro ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).
=== Noun ===
omuntu class 1 (plural abantu class 2, augmentless muntu, plural augmentless bantu)
person
=== References ===
Henry Edward Maddox (1902), An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar[3], William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London and Beccles, page 108
== Soga ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).
=== Noun ===
omuntu class 1 (plural abantu, augmentless muntu)
person, man
=== References ===
Bible Society of Uganda, Baibuli Ekibono kya Katonda, 2014 - Amainhama 15:6, Yoanne 1
== Suba ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).
=== Noun ===
omuntu class 1 (plural awantu)
person
=== References ===
Bibe Translation and Literacy, Endagano Empia, 2010 - Mark 9
== Tooro ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ (“some, any”), ultimately from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”). Cognate with Swahili mtu (“person, someone”), Kikuyu mũndũ (“human being, person”) and Tswana motho (“person”). Doublet of ekintu (“thing, object”), ahantu (“place”), and obuntu (“humanity”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /omúːntu/
=== Noun ===
omuntu class 1 (plural abantu class 2, augmentless muntu, plural augmentless bantu)
person, human being
someone, anyone
Synonym: nanka
Haliyo omuntu. ― There is someone there.
=== References ===
Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary[4], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 189-190
== Zemba ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).
=== Noun ===
omuntu class 1 (plural ovantu)
person
=== References ===
Bible Society in Namibia, Etestamende Epe Moludhimba, 2010 - Mateus 2:6, Markus 13:6, 13, 34