ili-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ili"

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

ili-

  1. Class 5 noun prefix.

Usage notes

The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

ili-

  1. Class 5 noun prefix.

Usage notes

The variant form i- is used before stems of more than one syllable.

Zulu

Prefix

íli-

  1. archaic form of i- (literally “class 5 full noun prefix”)

References

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