mwiri

Makhuwa

Regional variants of mwiri
eMakuana mwíri
eMarevone nttaíkho
eMeeto mwíri
eMpamela ntháíkho
eMwaja mwíri
eNahara ntháli, ntáli
eNlai mwíri
eRati mwíri

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́.

Noun

mwíri class 3 (plural myíri class 4) (Emakuana, Enlai, Emwaja, Emeeto, Erati)

  1. tree

References

  • Alaudino J. R. Campos et al. (2009) “mwiri”, in Vocabulário de eMakhuwa eMeeto [Vocabulary of Emeetto]‎[1], Nampula: SIL Mozambique, page 84
  • Alaudino J. R. Campos et al. (2010) “mwiri”, in Vocabulário de Emakhuwa (Central)‎[2], Nampula: SIL Mozambique, page 87

Mwani

Noun

mwiri class 3 (plural miri)

  1. body
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