Home1. Grammatical terms for dictionary Some of the proposed terms and their abbreviations that might be significant for purposes of dictionary development are as follows:
2.CITUMBUKA NOUN CLASSES & THEIR PREFIXES Class Basic prefix Example Gloss
1 Mu- mubwezi (friend)
2 Ŵa- Ŵabwezi (friends)
3 Mu- Musewu (road)
4 Mi- Misewu (roads)
5 Li- lizgo (word)
6 Ma- Mazgo (words)
7 Ci- cipindi (gourd)
8 Vi- vipindi (gourds)
9 (Yi)- mbuto (seed)
10 (Zi)- (zi)mbuto (seeds)
11 Lu- lulimi (tongue)
12 Ka- kayuni (little bird)
13 Tu- tuyuni (little birds)
14 U- ubali (friendship)
15 Ku- kuvina (dancing)
16 Pa- pakaya (at the village)
17 Ku- kukaya (to the village)
18 Mu- mukaya (in the village)
3.Some of the abbreviations for languages whose words may be present in the vocabulary of Citumbuka are as follows:
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