Meaning of m- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting mostly people
   morpheme
2. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, denoting mostly plants and inanimate natural things
   morpheme
3. you, 2nd person plural subject concord
   morpheme
4. therein, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] subject concord
   morpheme
5. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((IX/X))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix, including for plurals of some [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] nouns, used before labial consonants
   morpheme
6. Forms the name of somebody who does something, has a certain characteristic, or is from a certain place.
   morpheme
7. Forms the name of a plant from its fruit.
   morpheme
8. verb-initial form of -m- (“her, him; 3rd person singular ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) object concord”)
   morpheme
9. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] adjective agreement prefix
   morpheme

Examples

“mtoto mzuri”

a nice child

“mnyama mnono”

a fat animal

“m- + Kenya → Mkenya (“person from Kenya”)”

“m- + zee (“old”) → mzee (“old person”)”

“mti mrefu”

a tall tree

“mfano mzuri”

a nice example

“m- + chungwa (“orange”) → mchungwa (“orange tree”)”

“ulimi mrefu”

a long tongue

“mvua mbaya”

bad rain

“ubavu (“rib, side”) → mbavu (“ribs, sides”)”

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