Kifuliiru Noun Classes · Noun Class 1: People (Mu/Ba)
Mu/Ba Class - People
Master forming plurals for people nouns using Mu/Ba pattern
Lesson overview
The Mu/Ba class is the most important class as it contains all people nouns. Singular nouns have the prefix "umu-" or "mu-", and plural nouns have "aba-" or "ba-".
umu-[root] → aba-[root] OR mu-[root] → ba-[root]
Key rules
- Used exclusively for human beings
- Singular prefix: umu- or mu-
- Plural prefix: aba- or ba-
- Drop singular prefix, add plural prefix
Kifuliiru examples with translations
- umuundu → abaandu
- person → people
- umu + undu → aba + andu
- umukozi → abakozi
- worker → workers
- umu + kozi → aba + kozi
- mushosi → bashosi
- hunter → hunters
- mu + shosi → ba + shosi
- mukazi → bakazi
- woman → women
- mu + kazi → ba + kazi
- umusore → abasore
- young man → young men
- umu + sore → aba + sore