omuntu

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

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 (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

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

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”).

omuntu class 1 (plural aantu)

1. man, human being, person

• gwanamuntu (“child of man”)
• omintu (“crowd”)
• entu (“ridiculous clumsy person”)
• oshintu (“poor creature, contemptible person”)
• oluntu (“small or short person”)
• okantu (“small person”)
• uuntu (“humanity, mankind”)

• T.E.Tirronen (1986), Ndonga-English Vocabulary‎^[2], ELOC Printing Press, page 305

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ (“some, any”), ultimately from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”). 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^[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 189-190