khudlwana
Zulu
Etymology
Adjective
-khudlwâna
- considerable, fairly big, fairly large
- fairly important
Inflection
| modifier | copulative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | engimkhudlwana | engingemkhudlwana | ngimkhudlwana | angimkhudlwana |
| 2nd singular | omkhudlwana | ongemkhudlwana | umkhudlwana | awumkhudlwana |
| 1st plural | esibakhudlwana | esingebakhudlwana | sibakhudlwana | asibakhudlwana |
| 2nd plural | enibakhudlwana | eningebakhudlwana | nibakhudlwana | anibakhudlwana |
| class 1 | omkhudlwana | ongemkhudlwana | mkhudlwana | akamkhudlwana |
| class 2 | abakhudlwana | abangebakhudlwana | bakhudlwana | ababakhudlwana |
| class 3 | omkhudlwana | ongemkhudlwana | mkhudlwana | awumkhudlwana |
| class 4 | emikhudlwana | engemikhudlwana | mikhudlwana | ayimikhudlwana |
| class 5 | elikhudlwana | elingelikhudlwana | likhudlwana | alilikhudlwana |
| class 6 | amakhudlwana | angemakhudlwana | makhudlwana | awamakhudlwana |
| class 7 | esikhudlwana | esingesikhudlwana | sikhudlwana | asisikhudlwana |
| class 8 | ezinkudlwana | ezingezinkudlwana | zinkudlwana | azizinkudlwana |
| class 9 | enkudlwana | engenkudlwana, engeyinkudlwana | inkudlwana, yinkudlwana | ayiyinkudlwana |
| class 10 | ezinkudlwana | ezingezinkudlwana | zinkudlwana | azizinkudlwana |
| class 11 | olukhudlwana | olungelukhudlwana | lukhudlwana | alulukhudlwana |
| class 14 | obukhudlwana | obungebukhudlwana | bukhudlwana | abubukhudlwana |
| class 15 | okukhudlwana | okungekukhudlwana | kukhudlwana | akukukhudlwana |
| class 17 | okukhudlwana | okungekukhudlwana | kukhudlwana | akukukhudlwana |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-khudlwana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-khudlwana”