"Mbavu"

Translation: Ribs

[dieprinzessin]

ubavu = rib
mbavu = ribs

[pixilico]

True.

That surprised me at once, because I got used to think about words started with 'm' as 'm/wa' class.

[Flickter44]

Agree

[Renata725212]

ubavu / mbavu - rib(s) shows only google translator which is far a way from quality. What is the class of this strange combination of singular - plural ? In dictionaries about swahili don't exist these words. As the translation for " rib /s" is given - taruma / mataruma 5/6 JI - MA class.

[dieprinzessin]

Look here: https://www2.ku.edu/~kiswahili/pdfs/Lesson_09.pdf
It is on page 21 of this document

The u-u class has some concrete nouns that form various plurals.
One of them is
u - mb.

[Tom122719]

Thanks for the table. Far out, this is getting complicated!

[Renata725212]

According to the material you proposed - you are right :) Thank you very much for help :)

[dieprinzessin]

You are welcome. Searching on the web is my only source a part from the course here:)
But I keep looking up things all the time...

[Renata725212]

Me too but I have more heavy life because in my language exists NO materials about kiswahili. :)

[dieprinzessin]

What is your language ?

[Renata725212]

My language is polish. :)

[dieprinzessin]

Bardzo dobrze ! Mówię trochę po polsku. Bardzo trochę. :)
My mother tongue is German.

[Renata725212]

Ja po polsku mowie perfekcyjnie =D A w Niemczech mieszkam. :)