mwôto

See also: mwoto

Matengo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò (fire), from *-jóta (to warm oneself), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-jot- (to burn (of a fire)).

Noun

mwôto class 3

  1. fire.

References

  • Nobuko Yoneda (2006), A Classified Vocabulary of the Matengo Language[1], Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, page 161