thathu
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.
Adjective
-thâthu
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʰâːtʰu]
Adjective
-thâthu
Inflection
| modifier | copulative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | endimthathu | endingemthathu | ndimthathu | andimthathu |
| 2nd singular | omthathu | ongemthathu | umthathu | awumthathu |
| 1st plural | esibathathu | esingebathathu | sibathathu | asibathathu |
| 2nd plural | enibathathu | eningebathathu | nibathathu | anibathathu |
| class 1 | omthathu | ongemthathu | mthathu | akamthathu |
| class 2 | abathathu | abangebathathu | bathathu | ababathathu |
| class 3 | omthathu | ongemthathu | mthathu | awumthathu |
| class 4 | emithathu | engemithathu | mithathu | ayimithathu |
| class 5 | elithathu | elingelithathu | lithathu | alilithathu |
| class 6 | amathathu | angemathathu | mathathu | awamathathu |
| class 7 | esithathu | esingesithathu | sithathu | asisithathu |
| class 8 | ezintathu | ezingezintathu | zintathu | azizintathu |
| class 9 | entathu | engentathu | intathu | ayiyintathu |
| class 10 | ezintathu | ezingezintathu | zintathu | azizintathu |
| class 11 | oluthathu | olungeluthathu | luthathu | aluluthathu |
| class 14 | obuthathu | obungebuthathu | buthathu | abubuthathu |
| class 15 | okuthathu | okungekuthathu | kuthathu | akukuthathu |
| class 17 | okuthathu | okungekuthathu | kuthathu | akukuthathu |
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʰâːtʰu/
Adjective
-thâthu
Inflection
| modifier | copulative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | engimthathu | engingemthathu | ngimthathu | angimthathu |
| 2nd singular | omthathu | ongemthathu | umthathu | awumthathu |
| 1st plural | esibathathu | esingebathathu | sibathathu | asibathathu |
| 2nd plural | enibathathu | eningebathathu | nibathathu | anibathathu |
| class 1 | omthathu | ongemthathu | mthathu | akamthathu |
| class 2 | abathathu | abangebathathu | bathathu | ababathathu |
| class 3 | omthathu | ongemthathu | mthathu | awumthathu |
| class 4 | emithathu | engemithathu | mithathu | ayimithathu |
| class 5 | elithathu | elingelithathu | lithathu | alilithathu |
| class 6 | amathathu | angemathathu | mathathu | awamathathu |
| class 7 | esithathu | esingesithathu | sithathu | asisithathu |
| class 8 | ezintathu | ezingezintathu | zintathu | azizintathu |
| class 9 | entathu | engentathu, engeyintathu | intathu, yintathu | ayiyintathu |
| class 10 | ezintathu | ezingezintathu | zintathu | azizintathu |
| class 11 | oluthathu | olungeluthathu | luthathu | aluluthathu |
| class 14 | obuthathu | obungebuthathu | buthathu | abubuthathu |
| class 15 | okuthathu | okungekuthathu | kuthathu | akukuthathu |
| class 17 | okuthathu | okungekuthathu | kuthathu | akukuthathu |
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-thathu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-thathu”