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mwenye.

owner, possessor

6 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. owner, possessor

    class-i
    mwenye duka
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *mwenye ~ *mwinyi. By surface analysis, mw- + -enye. In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian mwinyi (“owner”) and Giryama mwinyi (“your honor, excellency”). Other Bantu cognates include Kongo mwene (“lord, ruler”) and Chichewa mwiní.

particle

  1. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] inflected form of -enye

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *mwenye ~ *mwinyi. By surface analysis, mw- + -enye. In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian mwinyi (“owner”) and Giryama mwinyi (“your honor, excellency”). Other Bantu cognates include Kongo mwene (“lord, ruler”) and Chichewa mwiní.

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