See mʊ̀ntʊ̀ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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{
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"2": "alv-pro",
"3": "*-nintu"
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "brt",
"2": "nti",
"3": "",
"4": "human"
},
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"name": "cog"
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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”)",
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{
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"plural"
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀ntʊ̀",
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"english": "thing",
"translation": "thing",
"word": "kɪ̀ntʊ̀"
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},
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"Proto-Bantu terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
"Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang": "Northeast Coast Bantu",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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{
"lang": "Masaba-Luhya",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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{
"lang": "Logooli-Kuria",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang": "Great Lakes Bantu",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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{
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"lang_code": "kmb"
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{
"lang": "Chokwe-Luchazi",
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{
"lang": "Mwika",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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{
"lang": "Rungwe",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang": "Rukwa",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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{
"lang": "Sabi",
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},
{
"lang": "Nyasa",
"lang_code": "mgs"
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{
"lang": "Ruvuma",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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{
"lang": "Shona",
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"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang": "Nguni",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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"lang": "Tswa-Ronga",
"lang_code": "unknown"
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},
{
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"2": "nti",
"3": "",
"4": "human"
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"lang_code": "bnt-pro",
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"pos": "noun",
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"word": "kɪ̀ntʊ̀"
},
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"english": "humanity",
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"word": "bʊ̀ntʊ̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"place"
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}
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"person, human"
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"glosses": [
"somebody"
],
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"somebody",
"somebody"
]
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}
],
"word": "mʊ̀ntʊ̀"
}
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