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

Tonga (Zambia)

Etymology

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

Noun

muntu class 1 (plural bantu class 2)

1. person, human
2. person of Bantu ethnicity

References

• Aaron Cass Harris (2013), Tonga-English English-Tonga Dictionary and Phrasebook‎^[4], page 76

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