"ekintu" meaning in All languages combined

See ekintu on Wiktionary

Noun [Kabwa]

Forms: ekintu class 7 [canonical], ebhintu [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cwa|bnt-pro|*kɪ̀ntʊ̀|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀, {{inh+|cwa|bnt-pro|*kɪ̀ntʊ̀}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀ Head templates: {{head|cwa|noun|plural|ebhintu|g=c7}} ekintu class 7 (plural ebhintu)
  1. thing, object
    Sense id: en-ekintu-cwa-noun-yjWSG4Af Categories (other): Kabwa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Kabwa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25
  2. vessel, container
    Sense id: en-ekintu-cwa-noun-2Lbi041D Categories (other): Kabwa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Kabwa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25

Noun [Tooro]

IPA: /ekíːntu/, [ecíːntu] Forms: ekintu class 7 [canonical], ebintu class 8 [plural], augmentless bintu [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ (“some, any”). Cognate with Swahili kitu (“thing”), Kikuyu kĩndũ (“thing, property. livestock”) and Shona chinhu (“thing”). Doublet of omuntu (“person”), ahantu (“place”), and obuntu (“humanity”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ttj|bnt-pro|*kɪ̀ntʊ̀}} Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀, {{der|ttj|bnt-pro|*-ntʊ̀|t=some, any}} Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ (“some, any”), {{cog|sw|kitu||thing}} Swahili kitu (“thing”), {{cog|ki|kĩndũ||thing, property. livestock}} Kikuyu kĩndũ (“thing, property. livestock”), {{cog|sn|chinhu||thing}} Shona chinhu (“thing”), {{dbt|ttj|omuntu|ahantu|obuntu|t1=person|t2=place|t3=humanity}} Doublet of omuntu (“person”), ahantu (“place”), and obuntu (“humanity”) Head templates: {{head|ttj|noun|head=}} ekintu, {{ttj-noun|7|8}} ekintu class 7 (plural ebintu class 8, augmentless kintu, plural augmentless bintu)
  1. thing, object
    Sense id: en-ekintu-ttj-noun-yjWSG4Af Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Tooro entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Tooro entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
  2. something
    Sense id: en-ekintu-ttj-noun-P8m2iUWd Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Tooro entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Tooro entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: akantu (english: small thing)

Inflected forms

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