izambane
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːzámbaːne/
Noun
īzámbane class 5 (plural amazámbane class 6)
- potato; either
- regular potato (Solanum tuberosum)
- native potato (Coleus rotundifolius, syn. Plectranthus rotundifolius)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | izambane | amazambane | ||
| simple form | lizambane | mazambane | ||
| locative | ezambaneni | emazambaneni | ||
| copulative | yizambane | ngamazambane | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | wezambane | owezambane | wamazambane | owamazambane |
| class 2 | bezambane | abezambane | bamazambane | abamazambane |
| class 3 | wezambane | owezambane | wamazambane | owamazambane |
| class 4 | yezambane | eyezambane | yamazambane | eyamazambane |
| class 5 | lezambane | elezambane | lamazambane | elamazambane |
| class 6 | ezambane | awezambane | amazambane | awamazambane |
| class 7 | sezambane | esezambane | samazambane | esamazambane |
| class 8 | zezambane | ezezambane | zamazambane | ezamazambane |
| class 9 | yezambane | eyezambane | yamazambane | eyamazambane |
| class 10 | zezambane | ezezambane | zamazambane | ezamazambane |
| class 11 | lwezambane | olwezambane | lwamazambane | olwamazambane |
| class 14 | bezambane | obezambane | bamazambane | obamazambane |
| class 15 | kwezambane | okwezambane | kwamazambane | okwamazambane |
| class 17 | kwezambane | okwezambane | kwamazambane | okwamazambane |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-zambane”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-zambane (6.6.3.9.9)”