omuntu

Kabwa

Etymology

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

Noun

omuntu class 1 (plural abhantu)

1. person, human being

References

• “omuntu” in Webonary.org

Luganda

Etymology

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

Noun

omuntu (class I, plural abantu, base state muntu, plural base state bantu)

1. human, person, man (as opposed to being an animal)

Derived terms

• erintu

See also

• omusajja (“man, as opposed to being a woman”)

References

• J. D. Chesswas (1967), The Essentials of Luganda, 4th edition, Nairobi: Oxford University Press, page 14
• Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 222
• Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 375

Ndonga

Etymology

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

Noun

omuntu class 1 (plural aantu)

1. man, human being, person

Derived terms

• gwanamuntu (“child of man”)
• omintu (“crowd”)
• entu (“ridiculous clumsy person”)
• oshintu (“poor creature, contemptible person”)
• oluntu (“small or short person”)
• okantu (“small person”)
• uuntu (“humanity, mankind”)

References

• T. E. Tirronen (1986), Ndonga-English Dictionary‎^[1], first edition, Oniipa: ELOC Printing Press, page 305

Nyankole

Etymology

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

Noun

omuntu class 1 (plural abantu class 2, augmentless muntu, plural augmentless bantu)

1. person

References

• Bible Society of Uganda, EKITABO EKIRIKWERA BAIBULI N'EBITABO EBY'OMUBONANO APOKURUFA/DYUTROKANONIKO, 2008 - Yoh 1:4, 6

Nyoro

Etymology

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

Noun

omuntu class 1 (plural abantu class 2, augmentless muntu, plural augmentless bantu)

1. person

References

• Henry Edward Maddox (1902), An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar‎^[2], William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London and Beccles, page 108

Soga

Etymology

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

Noun

omuntu class 1 (plural abantu, augmentless muntu)

1. person, man

References

• Bible Society of Uganda, Baibuli Ekibono kya Katonda, 2014 - Amainhama 15:6, Yoanne 1

Suba

Etymology

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

Noun

omuntu class 1 (plural awantu)

1. person

References

• Bibe Translation and Literacy, Endagano Empia, 2010 - Mark 9

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ (“some, any”), ultimately from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”). Cognate with Swahili mtu (“person, someone”), Kikuyu mũndũ (“human being, person”) and Tswana motho (“person”). Doublet of ekintu (“thing, object”), ahantu (“place”), and obuntu (“humanity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omúːntu/

Noun

omuntu class 1 (plural abantu class 2, augmentless muntu, plural augmentless bantu)

1. person, human being
2. someone, anyone

   Synonym: nanka

   Haliyo omuntu. ― There is someone there.

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 189-190

Zemba

Etymology

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

Noun

omuntu class 1 (plural ovantu)

1. person

References

• Bible Society in Namibia, Etestamende Epe Moludhimba, 2010 - Mateus 2:6, Markus 13:6, 13, 34