"mwanamume" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mwanamume.flac Forms: mwanamume class I [canonical], wanaume class II [plural]
Etymology: From mwana (“son”) + mume (“husband”). Cognate with Tumbuka mwanalume and Chichewa mwamuna. Etymology templates: {{compound|sw|mwana|mume|gloss1=son|gloss2=husband}} mwana (“son”) + mume (“husband”), {{cog|tum|mwanalume}} Tumbuka mwanalume, {{cog|ny|mwamuna}} Chichewa mwamuna Head templates: {{sw-noun|wa|wanaume}} mwanamume class I (plural wanaume class II)
  1. man (male human being) Coordinate_terms: mwanamke
    Sense id: en-mwanamume-sw-noun-hSnqBDJw Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, People

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
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        "1": "tum",
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      },
      "expansion": "Tumbuka mwanalume",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "ny",
        "2": "mwamuna"
      },
      "expansion": "Chichewa mwamuna",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mwana (“son”) + mume (“husband”). Cognate with Tumbuka mwanalume and Chichewa mwamuna.",
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    {
      "form": "mwanamume class I",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wanaume class II",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
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        "1": "tum",
        "2": "mwanalume"
      },
      "expansion": "Tumbuka mwanalume",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "mwamuna"
      },
      "expansion": "Chichewa mwamuna",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "mwanamume class I",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wanaume class II",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "sw:People"
      ],
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        "man (male human being)"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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