omwana

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

omwana class 1 (plural abhaana)

1. child

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

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

omwana (class I, plural abaana, base state mwana, plural base state baana)

1. child (human or animal)

• J. D., Chesswas (1967) The Essentials of Luganda, 4th edition, Nairobi: Oxford University Press, page 15
• Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233
• Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 398

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

• IPA^(key): /omwâːna/

omwana class 1 (plural abaana class 2, augmentless mwana, plural augmentless baana)

1. baby
2. child
3. nibling (nephew or niece)
4. young animal

• ekyana (“badly-behaved child”)
• akaana (“small child; young animal”)
• obwana (“childhood”)
• orwana (“badly-behaved child”)
• eryana (“childishness (of adults)”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2004) A Runyankore Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 202
• Taylor, Charles V. (1998) A simplified Runyankore-Rukiga-English and English-Runyankore-Rukiga dictionary‎^[3], Kampala: Fountain Publishers, →ISBN, page 181

• Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà.

omwana class 1 (plural abaana)

1. child, son or daughter

• Diprose, Martin, Musimami, Sylvester N. M. (2012) Lunyole–English Dictionary‎^[4], SIL International