ama-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"

Bemba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gá-mà- (Class 6 noun prefix).

Prefix

ama-

  1. 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-

  1. 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-

  1. 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-

  1. Class 6 adjective concord.

Nyoro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gá-mà- (Class 6 noun prefix).

Prefix

ama-

  1. 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-

  1. Class 6 noun prefix.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *gá-mà-.

Prefix

ama-

  1. 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-

  1. Class 6 adjective concord.

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gá-mà- (Class 6 noun prefix)

Prefix

ama-

  1. Class 6 noun prefix.

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *gá-mà-.

Prefix

ama-

  1. 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-

  1. Class 6 adjective concord.

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *gá-mà-.

Prefix

áma-

  1. Class 6 noun prefix.

Etymology 2

From a- (relative) +‎ ma- (class 6 basic noun prefix).

Prefix

ā́má-

  1. Class 6 adjective concord.

References