"mʊ̀tʊ́è" meaning in Proto-Bantu

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Noun

Forms: mɪ̀tʊ́è [class-4, plural], *gʊ́mʊ̀tʊ́è [alternative, augmented]
Etymology: Potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-to, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-túi. Cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *tú` (“head”) Etymology templates: {{inh|bnt-pro|nic-bco-pro|*-to}} Proto-Benue-Congo *-to, {{inh|bnt-pro|alv-pro|*-túi}} Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-túi, {{cog|nic-grf-pro|*tú`||head}} Proto-Grassfields *tú` (“head”)
  1. head Tags: class-3, reconstruction Derived forms: -tʊ́ada (english: to carry on the head), -tʊ́ɪka (english: to put on the head)

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Nzebi",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Teke-Mbede",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ngondi-Ngiri",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Mboshi-Buja",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Bangi-Moi",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Bangi-Ntomba",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bangi-Tetela",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Komo-Bira",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Boan",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Nyali",
          "lang_code": "nlj"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Lebonya",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Kikuyu-Kamba",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kilombero",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Bena-Kinga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kongo",
      "lang_code": "kg"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kimbundu",
      "lang_code": "kmb"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Haya-Jita",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "nyo",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "ttj",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "nyn",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "lg",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "xog",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "gwr",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Nyoro-Ganda",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "hay",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "jit",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                }
              ],
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              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Masaba-Luhya",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Logooli-Kuria",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
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          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lunda",
      "lang_code": "lun"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Luban",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mbeya",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Mwika",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rukwa",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sabi",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Makua",
          "lang_code": "vmw"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ovambo",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Herero",
              "lang_code": "hz"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Southwest Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Kavango-Southwest Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-Jarawan",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "nic-bco-pro",
        "3": "*-to"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Benue-Congo *-to",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*-túi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-túi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "*tú`",
        "3": "",
        "4": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Grassfields *tú` (“head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-to, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-túi. Cognates outside Bantu include\nProto-Grassfields *tú` (“head”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mɪ̀tʊ́è",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*gʊ́mʊ̀tʊ́è",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "augmented"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀tʊ́è",
  "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"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to carry on the head",
          "translation": "to carry on the head",
          "word": "-tʊ́ada"
        },
        {
          "english": "to put on the head",
          "translation": "to put on the head",
          "word": "-tʊ́ɪka"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "id": "en-mʊ̀tʊ́è-bnt-pro-noun-ny5tM6Nx",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mʊ̀tʊ́è"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to carry on the head",
      "translation": "to carry on the head",
      "word": "-tʊ́ada"
    },
    {
      "english": "to put on the head",
      "translation": "to put on the head",
      "word": "-tʊ́ɪka"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Nzebi",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Teke-Mbede",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ngondi-Ngiri",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Mboshi-Buja",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Bangi-Moi",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Bangi-Ntomba",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Bangi-Tetela",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Komo-Bira",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Boan",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Nyali",
          "lang_code": "nlj"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Lebonya",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Kikuyu-Kamba",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kilombero",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Bena-Kinga",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northeast Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kongo",
      "lang_code": "kg"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kimbundu",
      "lang_code": "kmb"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Haya-Jita",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "nyo",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "ttj",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "nyn",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "lg",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "xog",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "gwr",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Nyoro-Ganda",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
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                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "hay",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "jit",
                  "word": "omutwe"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Haya-Jita",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Masaba-Luhya",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
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              "lang": "Logooli-Kuria",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
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          "lang_code": "unknown"
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lunda",
      "lang_code": "lun"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Luban",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
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          "lang_code": "unknown"
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sabi",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nyasa",
      "lang_code": "mgs"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ruvuma",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
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      "lang": "Rufiji-Ruvuma",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
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    {
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          "lang": "Makua",
          "lang_code": "vmw"
        }
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      "lang": "Southern Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ovambo",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
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            {
              "lang": "Herero",
              "lang_code": "hz"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Southwest Bantu",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Kavango-Southwest Bantu",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-Jarawan",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "nic-bco-pro",
        "3": "*-to"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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    {
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-to, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-túi. Cognates outside Bantu include\nProto-Grassfields *tú` (“head”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mɪ̀tʊ́è",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*gʊ́mʊ̀tʊ́è",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "augmented"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀tʊ́è",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "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:Body parts"
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          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mʊ̀tʊ́è"
}

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