"mʊ̀ntʊ̀" meaning in All languages combined

See mʊ̀ntʊ̀ on Wiktionary

Noun [Proto-Bantu]

Forms: bàntʊ̀ [class-2, plural]
Etymology: From the root *-ntʊ̀ ("some, any"), hypothesized to be a shortening from earlier *-jìntʊ̀. Potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu. Possible cognates outside of Bantu include Bitare nti (“human”) Etymology templates: {{der|bnt-pro|alv-pro|*-nintu}} Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu, {{cog|brt|nti||human}} Bitare nti (“human”)
  1. person, human Tags: class-1, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mʊ̀ntʊ̀-bnt-pro-noun-Y5p8Z9XZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 18
  2. somebody Tags: class-1, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mʊ̀ntʊ̀-bnt-pro-noun-cp19Y4zv Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kɪ̀ntʊ̀ (english: thing), bʊ̀ntʊ̀ (english: humanity), pàntʊ̀ [place]
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  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Sawabantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Beti",
      "lang_code": "eot"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Boma-Dzing",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Bangi-Moi",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Mongo",
              "lang_code": "lol"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Bangi-Ntomba",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bangi-Tetela",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Kikuyu-Kamba",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Takama",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Swahili",
                  "lang_code": "sw"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Comorian",
                  "lang_code": "swb"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Sabaki",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Nyoro-Ganda",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Masaba-Luhya",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Logooli-Kuria",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Great Lakes Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "creole or pidgin",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
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      "lang_code": "kg"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kimbundu",
      "lang_code": "kmb"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chokwe-Luchazi",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Luba",
          "lang_code": "lua"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lunda",
      "lang_code": "lun"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Mbeya",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Mwika",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Rungwe",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rukwa",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sabi",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mbinga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Southwest Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Kavango-Southwest Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Shona",
      "lang_code": "sn"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Makua",
          "lang_code": "vmw"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sotho-Tswana",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Nguni",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Tswa-Ronga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*-nintu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brt",
        "2": "nti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "human"
      },
      "expansion": "Bitare nti (“human”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root *-ntʊ̀ (\"some, any\"), hypothesized to be a shortening from earlier *-jìntʊ̀. Potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu.\nPossible cognates outside of Bantu include Bitare nti (“human”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bàntʊ̀",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀ntʊ̀",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "thing",
      "translation": "thing",
      "word": "kɪ̀ntʊ̀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "humanity",
      "translation": "humanity",
      "word": "bʊ̀ntʊ̀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "place"
      ],
      "word": "pàntʊ̀"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person, human"
      ],
      "id": "en-mʊ̀ntʊ̀-bnt-pro-noun-Y5p8Z9XZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somebody"
      ],
      "id": "en-mʊ̀ntʊ̀-bnt-pro-noun-cp19Y4zv",
      "links": [
        [
          "somebody",
          "somebody"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mʊ̀ntʊ̀"
}
{
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Bantu class 1 nouns",
    "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Bantu lemmas",
    "Proto-Bantu nouns",
    "Proto-Bantu terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
    "Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Sawabantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Beti",
      "lang_code": "eot"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Boma-Dzing",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Bangi-Moi",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Mongo",
              "lang_code": "lol"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Bangi-Ntomba",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bangi-Tetela",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Kikuyu-Kamba",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Takama",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Swahili",
                  "lang_code": "sw"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Comorian",
                  "lang_code": "swb"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Sabaki",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Nyoro-Ganda",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Masaba-Luhya",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Logooli-Kuria",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Great Lakes Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "creole or pidgin",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Kongo",
      "lang_code": "kg"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kimbundu",
      "lang_code": "kmb"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chokwe-Luchazi",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Luba",
          "lang_code": "lua"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Luban",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lunda",
      "lang_code": "lun"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mbeya",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Mwika",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Rungwe",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rukwa",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sabi",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mbinga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Southwest Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Kavango-Southwest Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Shona",
      "lang_code": "sn"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Makua",
          "lang_code": "vmw"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sotho-Tswana",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Nguni",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Tswa-Ronga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*-nintu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brt",
        "2": "nti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "human"
      },
      "expansion": "Bitare nti (“human”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root *-ntʊ̀ (\"some, any\"), hypothesized to be a shortening from earlier *-jìntʊ̀. Potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu.\nPossible cognates outside of Bantu include Bitare nti (“human”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bàntʊ̀",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀ntʊ̀",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "thing",
      "translation": "thing",
      "word": "kɪ̀ntʊ̀"
    },
    {
      "english": "humanity",
      "translation": "humanity",
      "word": "bʊ̀ntʊ̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "place"
      ],
      "word": "pàntʊ̀"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "person, human"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-1",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "somebody"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "somebody",
          "somebody"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mʊ̀ntʊ̀"
}

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