mmbănă (adjective) - happy, joyful

mmbănă (03_Asaxi Adjectives (List))

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mmbănă

Grammatical function

• Type: Qualitative Adjective (-nă)
• Source Agreement: Warm (Root mmbă is Warm).

Pronunciation

IPA: /m̩.baɪ.naɪ/

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Emotion

Translations

As an adjective:

• English: happy, joyful, giddy, excited, delighted, cheerful
• Polish: szczęśliwy, radosny, podekscytowany

As an adverb:

• English: happily, joyfully, with excitement, gleefully
• Polish: radośnie, wesoło

Example sentences

Adjective: To John mmbănă shá xiŕa. John is a happy (cheerful) person.

Adverb (Manner): To wo mmbănă shěsonů. I read happily (with joy).

Etymology

mmbă (Joy/Butterflies) + -nă.

Antonyms

• [Sad/Depressed] (TBD).