"mtu" meaning in Swahili

See mtu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mtu.flac Forms: watu [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀ntʊ̀}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mtu, {{sw-noun|wa}} mtu (m-wa class, plural watu)
  1. person (human being) Tags: class-1, class-2
    Sense id: en-mtu-sw-noun-aV4qRh19 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. someone Tags: class-1, class-2
    Sense id: en-mtu-sw-noun-KlnVnjgJ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jitu (english: giant), mtu mzima (english: adult, grown-up), utu (english: humanity)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "giant",
      "word": "jitu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "adult, grown-up",
      "word": "mtu mzima"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "humanity",
      "word": "utu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mʊ̀ntʊ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "watu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mtu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "mtu (m-wa class, plural watu)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person (human being)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mtu-sw-noun-aV4qRh19",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-mtu-sw-noun-KlnVnjgJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:mtu"
  ],
  "word": "mtu"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili m-wa class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "giant",
      "word": "jitu"
    },
    {
      "english": "adult, grown-up",
      "word": "mtu mzima"
    },
    {
      "english": "humanity",
      "word": "utu"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mʊ̀ntʊ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "watu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mtu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "mtu (m-wa class, plural watu)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "person (human being)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-mtu.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/Sw-ke-mtu.flac/Sw-ke-mtu.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/Sw-ke-mtu.flac/Sw-ke-mtu.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:mtu"
  ],
  "word": "mtu"
}

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