"dʊ̀kʊ́nì" meaning in Proto-Bantu

See dʊ̀kʊ́nì in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: nkʊ́nì [class-10, plural]
Etymology: Compare with Proto-Yoruboid *í-gĩ Etymology templates: {{cog|alv-yrd-pro|*í-gĩ}} Proto-Yoruboid *í-gĩ
  1. firewood Tags: class-11, reconstruction

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Nyasa:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ny",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Chichewa",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ny",
            "2": "nkhuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Chichewa (N31): nkhuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chichewa (N31): nkhuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tum",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Tumbuka",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tum",
            "2": "khuni",
            "3": "",
            "4": "tree"
          },
          "expansion": "Tumbuka (N21): khuni (“tree”)",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tumbuka (N21): khuni (“tree”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northeast Coast Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wmw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Mwani",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wmw",
            "2": "lukuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Mwani (G403): lukuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mwani (G403): lukuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Swahili",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "kuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Swahili (G42): kuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swahili (G42): kuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nzd",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Nzadi",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nzd",
            "2": "ekun"
          },
          "expansion": "Nzadi (B865): ekun",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nzadi (B865): ekun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "rukuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona (S10): rukuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shona (S10): rukuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Nguni:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Tekela:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ss",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Swazi",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ss",
            "2": "lukhuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Swazi (S43): lukhuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swazi (S43): lukhuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Zunda:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zu",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Zulu",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zu",
            "2": "ukhuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Zulu (S42): ukhuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Zulu (S42): ukhuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ve",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Venda",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ve",
            "2": "khuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Venda (S20): khuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venda (S20): khuni"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*í-gĩ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *í-gĩ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Proto-Yoruboid *í-gĩ",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nkʊ́nì",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/dʊ̀kʊ́nì",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "firewood"
      ],
      "id": "en-dʊ̀kʊ́nì-bnt-pro-noun-PUGyShpM",
      "links": [
        [
          "firewood",
          "firewood"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dʊ̀kʊ́nì"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Nyasa:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ny",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Chichewa",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ny",
            "2": "nkhuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Chichewa (N31): nkhuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chichewa (N31): nkhuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tum",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Tumbuka",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tum",
            "2": "khuni",
            "3": "",
            "4": "tree"
          },
          "expansion": "Tumbuka (N21): khuni (“tree”)",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tumbuka (N21): khuni (“tree”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northeast Coast Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wmw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Mwani",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wmw",
            "2": "lukuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Mwani (G403): lukuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mwani (G403): lukuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Swahili",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "kuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Swahili (G42): kuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swahili (G42): kuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nzd",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Nzadi",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nzd",
            "2": "ekun"
          },
          "expansion": "Nzadi (B865): ekun",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nzadi (B865): ekun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "rukuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona (S10): rukuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shona (S10): rukuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Nguni:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Tekela:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ss",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Swazi",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ss",
            "2": "lukhuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Swazi (S43): lukhuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swazi (S43): lukhuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Zunda:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zu",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Zulu",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zu",
            "2": "ukhuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Zulu (S42): ukhuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Zulu (S42): ukhuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ve",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Venda",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ve",
            "2": "khuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Venda (S20): khuni",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venda (S20): khuni"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "2": "*í-gĩ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *í-gĩ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Proto-Yoruboid *í-gĩ",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nkʊ́nì",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/dʊ̀kʊ́nì",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Bantu class 11 nouns",
        "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Bantu lemmas",
        "Proto-Bantu nouns",
        "Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "firewood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firewood",
          "firewood"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dʊ̀kʊ́nì"
}

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