ilembe

Southern Ndebele

Noun

ílembé class 5 (plural ámálembé class 6)

  1. hoe

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

Sense of hoe is perhaps from Proto-Bantu *ìgèmbè.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /íːleːmbé/

Noun

ī́lembé class 5 (plural amálembé class 6)

  1. hero
    Synonym: iqhawe
  2. (obsolete) hoe

Inflection

Class 5/6 (locative elembeni)
singular plural
full form ilembe amalembe
simple form lilembe malembe
locative elembeni emalembeni
copulative yilembe ngamalembe
Possessive forms
singular plural
modifier substantive modifier substantive
class 1 welembe owelembe wamalembe owamalembe
class 2 belembe abelembe bamalembe abamalembe
class 3 welembe owelembe wamalembe owamalembe
class 4 yelembe eyelembe yamalembe eyamalembe
class 5 lelembe elelembe lamalembe elamalembe
class 6 elembe awelembe amalembe awamalembe
class 7 selembe eselembe samalembe esamalembe
class 8 zelembe ezelembe zamalembe ezamalembe
class 9 yelembe eyelembe yamalembe eyamalembe
class 10 zelembe ezelembe zamalembe ezamalembe
class 11 lwelembe olwelembe lwamalembe olwamalembe
class 14 belembe obelembe bamalembe obamalembe
class 15 kwelembe okwelembe kwamalembe okwamalembe
class 17 kwelembe okwelembe kwamalembe okwamalembe

References

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