"mʊ̀jánà" meaning in Proto-Bantu

See mʊ̀jánà in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bàjánà [class-2, plural]
Etymology: Potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-ŋgwana, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghwyán- Etymology templates: {{inh|bnt-pro|nic-bco-pro|*-ŋgwana}} Proto-Benue-Congo *-ŋgwana, {{inh|bnt-pro|alv-pro|*-ghwyán-}} Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghwyán-
  1. child Tags: class-1, reconstruction

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Ngondi-Ngiri",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Great Lakes Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Takama",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mwika",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Rungwe",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rukwa",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mbinga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Shona",
      "lang_code": "sn"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Makua",
          "lang_code": "vmw"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "unknown",
              "lang_code": "xh",
              "word": "-ana"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Nguni",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sotho-Tswana",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "mbu",
                  "word": "àmúná"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Jarawan",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Jarawan",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Mbam-Bube-Jarawan",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kikuyu-Kamba",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "nic-bco-pro",
        "3": "*-ŋgwana"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Benue-Congo *-ŋgwana",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*-ghwyán-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghwyán-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-ŋgwana, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghwyán-",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bàjánà",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jánà",
  "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": [
        "child"
      ],
      "id": "en-mʊ̀jánà-bnt-pro-noun-3cnmaRlC",
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mʊ̀jánà"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Ngondi-Ngiri",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Great Lakes Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Takama",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mwika",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Rungwe",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rukwa",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mbinga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Shona",
      "lang_code": "sn"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Makua",
          "lang_code": "vmw"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "unknown",
              "lang_code": "xh",
              "word": "-ana"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Nguni",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sotho-Tswana",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "mbu",
                  "word": "àmúná"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Jarawan",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Jarawan",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Mbam-Bube-Jarawan",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kikuyu-Kamba",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "nic-bco-pro",
        "3": "*-ŋgwana"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Benue-Congo *-ŋgwana",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*-ghwyán-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghwyán-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-ŋgwana, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghwyán-",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bàjánà",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jánà",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "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 derived from Proto-Benue-Congo",
        "Proto-Bantu terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
        "Proto-Bantu terms inherited from Proto-Benue-Congo",
        "Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "bnt-pro:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "child"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mʊ̀jánà"
}

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