"muundo" meaning in All languages combined

See muundo on Wiktionary

Noun [Malawi Lomwe]

Forms: muundo class 3 [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀dò. Etymology templates: {{der|lon|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀dɪ̀dò}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dɪ̀dò Head templates: {{head|lon|noun|g=c3}} muundo class 3
  1. (dialectal, Ekokholani) fire. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-muundo-lon-noun-rXhnjQKt Categories (other): Malawi Lomwe entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Fire

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-muundo.flac [Kenya] Forms: miundo [class-iv, plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *mu- Swahili mu- Swahili -unda Proto-Bantu *-ò Proto-Sabaki *-o Swahili -o Swahili muundo From mu- + -unda (“to manufacture, to construct”) + -o. Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:af|m-<id:class 3 noun><alt:mu->|unda<t:to manufacture, to construct><alt:-unda>|-o<id:nominal>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *mu- Swahili mu- Swahili -unda Proto-Bantu *-ò Proto-Sabaki *-o Swahili -o Swahili muundo [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*mu-", "gloss" : "class-3 noun prefix", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "m-", "lang" : "sw" }, { "alt" : "-unda", "gloss" : "to manufacture, to construct", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "unda", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "sw" }, { "id" : "nominal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-ò", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*-o", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "-o", "lang" : "sw" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "muundo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="muundo"> From mu- + -unda (“to manufacture, to construct”) + -o. Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} muundo class III (plural miundo class IV)
  1. structure, shape, form Tags: class-iii Derived forms: muundombinu (english: infrastructure)

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for muundo meaning in All languages combined (4.4kB)

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