ilanga
Northern Ndebele
Noun
ílanga class 5 (plural ámálanga class 6)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Southern Ndebele
Noun
ílanga class 5 (plural ámálanga class 6)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ílaːᵑɡ̊a̤]
Noun
ílanga class 5 (plural ámálanga class 6)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /íːlaːnɡa/
Noun
ī́langa class 5 (plural amálanga class 6)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | ilanga | amalanga | ||
| simple form | lilanga | malanga | ||
| locative | elangeni | emalangeni | ||
| copulative | yilanga | ngamalanga | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | welanga | owelanga | wamalanga | owamalanga |
| class 2 | belanga | abelanga | bamalanga | abamalanga |
| class 3 | welanga | owelanga | wamalanga | owamalanga |
| class 4 | yelanga | eyelanga | yamalanga | eyamalanga |
| class 5 | lelanga | elelanga | lamalanga | elamalanga |
| class 6 | elanga | awelanga | amalanga | awamalanga |
| class 7 | selanga | eselanga | samalanga | esamalanga |
| class 8 | zelanga | ezelanga | zamalanga | ezamalanga |
| class 9 | yelanga | eyelanga | yamalanga | eyamalanga |
| class 10 | zelanga | ezelanga | zamalanga | ezamalanga |
| class 11 | lwelanga | olwelanga | lwamalanga | olwamalanga |
| class 14 | belanga | obelanga | bamalanga | obamalanga |
| class 15 | kwelanga | okwelanga | kwamalanga | okwamalanga |
| class 17 | kwelanga | okwelanga | kwamalanga | okwamalanga |
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-langa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-langa (3.2.9.9)”