jwangu

Yao (Africa)

Alternative forms

  • juangu (archaic)

Etymology

From jwa- (“Class 1 possessive concord”) +‎ -angu (“my”).

Determiner

jwangu

  1. Class 1 first-person singular possessive determiner, my (with class 1 nouns)
    Mwanace jwangu
    My child

References

  • Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1902), A Handbook of the Yao Language‎[1], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 9
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