Where does “mwananlume” come from?

mwananlume (Mwani) comes from Mwani mwana, from Proto-Bantu mʊ̀jánà — child.

mwananlume (Mwani): man

Definitions

  1. man

Ancestry of “mwananlume”, step by step

mwananlume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mwani mwana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mwanimwanachild
2Proto-Bantumʊ̀jánàchild

via Mwani nlume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mwaninlumehusband
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