mpa

Translingual

Symbol

mpa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mpoto.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mpoto terms

Akan

Noun

mpa

1. bed

Kongo

Adjective

mpa

1. new

Northern Sotho

Noun

mpa

1. belly, stomach

Sotho

Noun

mpa class 9/10 (plural dimpa)

1. belly, stomach

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ḿ.pá/

Noun

mpa class 9 (plural dimpa)

1. belly, stomach

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, n- (first-person prefix; changes to m- before p) +‎ pa (“to be coming”).

Verb

mpa anim

1. first-person singular present indicative of pa: I come.

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “mpa”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project