mpa
Translingual
Symbol
mpa
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Mpoto terms
Akan
Noun
mpa
Northern Sotho
Noun
mpa
Sotho
Noun
mpa class 9/10 (plural dimpa)
Tswana
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ḿ.pá/
Noun
mpa class 9 (plural dimpa)
Unami
Etymology
By surface analysis, n- (first-person prefix; changes to m- before p) + pa (“to be coming”).
Verb
mpa anim
- first-person singular present indicative of pa: I come.
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “mpa”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project