ama-
Bemba
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gá-mà- (“Class 6 noun prefix”).
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 noun prefix.
References
- Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba[1], Hippocrene Books, page 212
Lala-Bisa
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gá-mà- (“Class 6 noun prefix”).
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 noun prefix.
References
- Arthur Cornwallis Madan (1908), Lala-Lamba Handbook: A Short Introduction to the South-Western Division of the Wisa-Lala Dialect of Northern Rhodesia with Stories and Vocabulary[2], Oxford Clarendon Press, page 11
Northern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *gá-mà-.
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 adjective concord.
Nyoro
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gá-mà- (“Class 6 noun prefix”).
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 noun prefix.
References
- Henry Edward Maddox (1902), An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar[3], William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London and Beccles, page 12
Rwanda-Rundi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gá-mà- (“Class 6 noun prefix”).
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 noun prefix.
Southern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *gá-mà-.
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 adjective concord.
Tooro
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gá-mà- (“Class 6 noun prefix”)
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 noun prefix.
Xhosa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *gá-mà-.
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
ama-
- Class 6 adjective concord.
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *gá-mà-.
Prefix
áma-
- Class 6 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
From a- (“relative”) + ma- (“class 6 basic noun prefix”).
Prefix
ā́má-
- Class 6 adjective concord.
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ama-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ama-”