ubudlelwane

Xhosa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [úɓúɮ̥e̤lʷâːne]

Noun

úbúdlelwâne class 14 (plural ámádlelwâne class 6)

  1. friendship

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From ubu- (“class 14”) +‎ -dl- (“eat”) +‎ -el- (“applicative”) +‎ -w- (“passive”) +‎ -ane (“reciprocal”). The literal meaning is the state of eating together with someone.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /úɓuɮelwâːne/

Noun

úbudlelwâne class 14

  1. friendship, fraternity, comradeship
  2. relation, relationship, state of affairs

Inflection

Class 14 (locative ebudlelwaneni)
singular plural
full form ubudlelwane —
simple form budlelwane —
locative ebudlelwaneni —
copulative ngubudlelwane —
Possessive forms
singular plural
modifier substantive modifier substantive
class 1 wobudlelwane owobudlelwane — —
class 2 bobudlelwane abobudlelwane — —
class 3 wobudlelwane owobudlelwane — —
class 4 yobudlelwane eyobudlelwane — —
class 5 lobudlelwane elobudlelwane — —
class 6 obudlelwane awobudlelwane — —
class 7 sobudlelwane esobudlelwane — —
class 8 zobudlelwane ezobudlelwane — —
class 9 yobudlelwane eyobudlelwane — —
class 10 zobudlelwane ezobudlelwane — —
class 11 lobudlelwane olobudlelwane — —
class 14 bobudlelwane obobudlelwane — —
class 15 kobudlelwane okobudlelwane — —
class 17 kobudlelwane okobudlelwane — —

References

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