mwana
Tumbuka
noun
Definitions
- child
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (child).
Origin
Proto-Bantu
*mʊ̀jánà
Gloss
child
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
子, 児
Emoji
👨👩👧 👪️ 🤰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mwana Swahili
- *mʊ̀jánà Proto-Bantu
- -ana Zulu
- -ana Xhosa
- unyana Xhosa
- -ana Swati
- -ana Phuthi
- -ana South Ndebele
- mwana Shona
- mwana Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- -ana North Ndebele
- ngwana Southern Sotho
- umwana Kinyarwanda
- mwana Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- ṅwana Venda
- ngwana Tswana
- ngwana Northern Sotho
- n'wana Tsonga
- mwana Lingala
- mwaan Nzadi
- mwana Mwani
- mwana Maore Comorian
- omwana Ganda