imbasa
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ímbaːsa/
Noun
ímbasa class 9 (plural izímbasa class 10)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | imbasa | izimbasa | ||
| simple form | mbasa | zimbasa | ||
| locative | embaseni | ezimbaseni | ||
| copulative | yimbasa | yizimbasa | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | wembasa | owembasa | wezimbasa | owezimbasa |
| class 2 | bembasa | abembasa | bezimbasa | abezimbasa |
| class 3 | wembasa | owembasa | wezimbasa | owezimbasa |
| class 4 | yembasa | eyembasa | yezimbasa | eyezimbasa |
| class 5 | lembasa | elembasa | lezimbasa | elezimbasa |
| class 6 | embasa | awembasa | ezimbasa | awezimbasa |
| class 7 | sembasa | esembasa | sezimbasa | esezimbasa |
| class 8 | zembasa | ezembasa | zezimbasa | ezezimbasa |
| class 9 | yembasa | eyembasa | yezimbasa | eyezimbasa |
| class 10 | zembasa | ezembasa | zezimbasa | ezezimbasa |
| class 11 | lwembasa | olwembasa | lwezimbasa | olwezimbasa |
| class 14 | bembasa | obembasa | bezimbasa | obezimbasa |
| class 15 | kwembasa | okwembasa | kwezimbasa | okwezimbasa |
| class 17 | kwembasa | okwembasa | kwezimbasa | okwezimbasa |
Related terms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ɓasa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓasa (2.9.9)”