mnyama
Swahili
Etymology
Originally a reassignment of nyama to an animate class.
Noun
mnyama (m-wa class, plural wanyama)
- animal (organism)
Related terms
Zulu
Etymology
From umnyama.
Relative
-mnyama?
Inflection
| Relative concord | ||
|---|---|---|
| Modifier | Copulative | |
| 1st singular | engimnyama | ngimnyama |
| 2nd singular | omnyama | umnyama |
| 1st plural | esimnyama | simnyama |
| 2nd plural | enimnyama | nimnyama |
| Class 1 | omnyama | umnyama |
| Class 2 | abamnyama | bamnyama |
| Class 3 | omnyama | umnyama |
| Class 4 | emnyama | imnyama |
| Class 5 | elimnyama | limnyama |
| Class 6 | amnyama | amnyama |
| Class 7 | esimnyama | simnyama |
| Class 8 | ezimnyama | zimnyama |
| Class 9 | emnyama | imnyama |
| Class 10 | ezimnyama | zimnyama |
| Class 11 | olumnyama | lumnyama |
| Class 14 | obumnyama | bumnyama |
| Class 15 | okumnyama | kumnyama |
| Class 17 | okumnyama | kumnyama |
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-mnyama”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mnyama”
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