muntu

See also: mùntù

English

Noun

muntu (plural muntus)

  1. Alternative form of munt (a black person)

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu umuntu (“person”), from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

Noun

muntu

  1. person, human

Gungu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1 (plural bantu)

  1. person, human

Kituba

Noun

muntu class 1

  1. man; person

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1 (plural bantu)

  1. man; person

Luba-Kasai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1

  1. man; person

Luba-Katanga

Noun

muntu

  1. man; person

Masaba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1

  1. man; person

Nkangala

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1 (plural vantu)

  1. person

References

  • The Word for the World Translation, Nkangala Bible Translation

Nkoya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1 (plural bantu)

  1. person, human being

References

  • The Bible Society of Zambia, Kulimama Kwakupya (KK2008) Bible

Nyoro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1

  1. augmentless of omuntu.

Sena

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”)

Noun

muntu class 1 (plural antu)

  1. dated spelling of munthu.

References

  • W. G. Anderson (1897), An Introductory Grammar of the Sena Language‎[1], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, pages 10, 54

Shambala

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person - zone G”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1 (plural wantu)

  1. person

References

  • August Seidel (1895), Handbuch der Shambala-sprache in Usambara, Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mit Texten, einem Shambala-Deutschen und einem Deutsch-Shambala-Wörterbuch‎[2], Dresden-Leipzig, pages 94, 123

Soga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1

  1. augmentless of omuntu.

Talinga-Bwisi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

Noun

muntu class 1 (plural bantu)

  1. person

References

  • Ntotoli̱ ya Lubwisi‎[3], SIL International, 2013

Tooro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /múːntu/

Noun

muntu class 1

  1. augmentless form of omuntu; he/she is a person

Zulu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmùːntù/

Noun

muntu

  1. simple singular of umuntu, a person
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