inkukhu
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.
Noun
ínkúkhu class 9 (plural ízínkúkhu class 10)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.
Noun
ínkúkhu class 9 (plural iínkúkhu class 10)
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ínkúːkʰu/
Noun
ínkúkhu class 9 (plural ízinkúkhu class 10)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | inkukhu | izinkukhu | ||
| simple form | nkukhu | zinkukhu | ||
| locative | enkukhwini | ezinkukhwini | ||
| copulative | yinkukhu | yizinkukhu | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | wenkukhu | owenkukhu | wezinkukhu | owezinkukhu |
| class 2 | benkukhu | abenkukhu | bezinkukhu | abezinkukhu |
| class 3 | wenkukhu | owenkukhu | wezinkukhu | owezinkukhu |
| class 4 | yenkukhu | eyenkukhu | yezinkukhu | eyezinkukhu |
| class 5 | lenkukhu | elenkukhu | lezinkukhu | elezinkukhu |
| class 6 | enkukhu | awenkukhu | ezinkukhu | awezinkukhu |
| class 7 | senkukhu | esenkukhu | sezinkukhu | esezinkukhu |
| class 8 | zenkukhu | ezenkukhu | zezinkukhu | ezezinkukhu |
| class 9 | yenkukhu | eyenkukhu | yezinkukhu | eyezinkukhu |
| class 10 | zenkukhu | ezenkukhu | zezinkukhu | ezezinkukhu |
| class 11 | lwenkukhu | olwenkukhu | lwezinkukhu | olwezinkukhu |
| class 14 | benkukhu | obenkukhu | bezinkukhu | obezinkukhu |
| class 15 | kwenkukhu | okwenkukhu | kwezinkukhu | okwezinkukhu |
| class 17 | kwenkukhu | okwenkukhu | kwezinkukhu | okwezinkukhu |
Derived terms
- isikhukhukazi
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “khuku”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “khuku (2.4.9)”