ibhuku
Zulu
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îːbûːɠu/
Noun
îbhûku class 5 (plural ámabhûku class 6)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | ibhuku | amabhuku | ||
| simple form | libhuku | mabhuku | ||
| locative | ebhukwini | emabhukwini | ||
| copulative | yibhuku | ngamabhuku | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | webhuku | owebhuku | wamabhuku | owamabhuku |
| class 2 | bebhuku | abebhuku | bamabhuku | abamabhuku |
| class 3 | webhuku | owebhuku | wamabhuku | owamabhuku |
| class 4 | yebhuku | eyebhuku | yamabhuku | eyamabhuku |
| class 5 | lebhuku | elebhuku | lamabhuku | elamabhuku |
| class 6 | ebhuku | awebhuku | amabhuku | awamabhuku |
| class 7 | sebhuku | esebhuku | samabhuku | esamabhuku |
| class 8 | zebhuku | ezebhuku | zamabhuku | ezamabhuku |
| class 9 | yebhuku | eyebhuku | yamabhuku | eyamabhuku |
| class 10 | zebhuku | ezebhuku | zamabhuku | ezamabhuku |
| class 11 | lwebhuku | olwebhuku | lwamabhuku | olwamabhuku |
| class 14 | bebhuku | obebhuku | bamabhuku | obamabhuku |
| class 15 | kwebhuku | okwebhuku | kwamabhuku | okwamabhuku |
| class 17 | kwebhuku | okwebhuku | kwamabhuku | okwamabhuku |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-buku”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-buku (2.6.3-8.9)”