mwe

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

• IPA^(key): /mwɛ/

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

• hamwe (“together”)

(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

mwe

1. one

From Anglo-Norman mue.

mwe

1. Alternative form of mewe (“cage”)

From Old French muer.

mwe

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

Rwanda-Rundi cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : mwe     Ordinal : a mbere

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

-mwé

1. one

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

Shona cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : mwe     Ordinal : chiposhi     Adverbial : kamwe

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

-mwé

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

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

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

mwe

1. second-person plural subjunctive affirmative of -wa