In the Caraibs and in the Indian Ocean, ‘Mun’ means - TopicsExpress



          

In the Caraibs and in the Indian Ocean, ‘Mun’ means ‘person’. Let’s compare with the African languages : Wolof, Senegal : Nit Ancient Egyptien : Nti Languages of Southern Africa and Central Africa : Ntu (person) ; Ba-Ntu (persons) Kikongo, Congos-Angola; Chichewa, Malawi : Mu-Ntu (person) Luganda, Uganda : Omuntu Luhya, Kenya : Omundu Kinyarwanda, Rwanda : Umuntu KiSwahili, East Africa : Mtu Yao, Malawi-Mozambic-Tanzania : Wu-muundu Kwanyama, Angola-Namibia : Omunhu Bamun, Cameroon : Mun Hausa, Nigeria-Niger : Mutun Douala, Cameroon : Mot SeTswana, Botswana : Mo (person); Mo-tswana (a Tswana person); Ba-tswana (Tswana persons). In the Baule language of Ivory Coast, Mun is used to designate a category of beings Example : Sran : a person SranMun : persons BakanMun : boys In the Caribean island of Guadeloupe : TiMun (chidren); GranMun (the elders)
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 03:00:00 +0000

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