umu-
Bemba
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 3 noun prefix.
References
- Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba[1], Hippocrene Books, page 212
Lala-Bisa
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 3 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 10
Lambya
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 3 noun prefix.
Northern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form um- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 3 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form um- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Nyamwanga
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Rwanda-Rundi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu- (plural aba-)
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu- (plural imi-)
- Class 3 noun prefix.
See also
Southern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form um- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 3 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form um- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Swazi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form um- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
umu-
- Class 3 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form um- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *jʊ̀-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
úmu-
- Class 1 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form um- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀-.
Prefix
úmu-
- Class 3 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form um- is used before stems of more than one syllable.
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “umu-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “umu-”