omuntu

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.

omuntu class 1 (plural abhantu)

1. person, human being

• Philipo, Nyamisana Hamis, Walker, John B. (2016) "Kabwa - Swahili - English Dictionary."‎^[1], SIL International

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.

omuntu (class I, plural abantu, base state muntu, plural base state bantu)

1. human, person, man (as opposed to being an animal)

• erintu

• omusajja (“man, as opposed to being a woman”)

• J. D., Chesswas (1967) The Essentials of Luganda, 4th edition, Nairobi: Oxford University Press, page 14
• Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 222
• Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 375

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ (“some, any”). Cognate with Swahili mtu (“person, someone”), Kikuyu mũndũ (“human being, person”) and Tswana motho (“person”). Doublet of ekintu (“thing, object”), ahantu (“place”), and obuntu (“humanity”).

• IPA^(key): /omúːntu/

omuntu class 1 (plural abantu class 2, augmentless muntu, plural augmentless bantu)

1. person, human being
2. someone, anyone

   Synonym: nanka

   Haliyo omuntu. ― There is someone there.

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 189-190