mwe

See also: MWE

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mwɛ/

Adjective

mwe

  1. one
    mũndũ ũmwe ― a person
    ũndũ ũmwe na ― the same thing as[1]
  2. (with plural) some
    andũ amwe ― some of the people

Inflection
agreement of mwe
Singular Plural
Class 1, Class 2 ũmwe amwe
Class 3, Class 4 ũmwe ĩmwe
Class 5, Class 6 rĩmwe mamwe
Class 7, Class 8 kĩmwe imwe
Class 9, Class 10 ĩmwe imwe
Class 11, Class 10 rũmwe imwe
Class 12, Class 13 kamwe tũmwe
Class 14, Class 6 ũmwe mamwe
Class 15, Class 6 kũmwe mamwe
Class 16 hamwe -

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • andũ matarĩ ndundu mahũragwo na njũgũma ĩmwe
  • gĩathĩ gĩtharagio nĩ gaka kamwe
  • kaara kamwe gatiũragaga ndaa
  • kĩara kĩmwe gĩtiũragaga ndaa
  • mũtumia na kĩonje nĩ ũndũ ũmwe
  • mwagi maguta oigaga atĩ hunyũ nĩ ũmwe na arũme
  • rũtungu rũmwe rũtiraragia mwaki
  • ũũgĩ wa mũndũ ũmwe ndũrĩmaga

References
  1. “-mwe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 269. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Luba-Kasai

Numeral

mwe

  1. one

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman mue.

Noun

mwe

  1. Alternative form of mewe (“cage”)

Etymology 2

From Old French muer.

Verb

mwe

  1. Alternative form of mewen (“to moult”)

Rwanda-Rundi
Rwanda-Rundi cardinal numbers
1 2  > 
    Cardinal : mwe
    Ordinal : a mbere

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-mwé

  1. one

Derived terms
  • ubumwe (“unity”)
  • kumwe (“together”)
  • hamwe (“together”)
  • kimwe (“the same”)

Shona
Shona cardinal numbers
1 2  > 
    Cardinal : mwe
    Ordinal : chiposhi
    Adverbial : kamwe

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-mwé

  1. one
  2. (placed before a noun) other, another

Inflection
Inflected forms of -´mwé
singular plural
Class 1 múmwe, úmwe Class 2 vámwé
Class 3 múmwé Class 4 mímwé
Class 5 rímwé Class 6 mámwé
Class 7 chímwé Class 8 zvímwé
Class 9 ímwé Class 10 dzímwé
Class 11 rúmwé
Class 12 kámwe Class 13 túmwé
Class 14 úmwé
Class 15 kúmwé
Locative classes
Class 16 pámwé Class 17 kúmwé Class 18 múmwé

Note: the class 1 form úmwé is normally used in the Manyika dialects.

Derived terms
  • kamwe (“at once”)
  • pamwe (“together”)
  • zvimwe (“perhaps”)

Swahili

Verb

mwe

  1. second-person plural subjunctive affirmative of -wa
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