ubumnyama

Zulu

Etymology

From ubu- +‎ -mnyama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /úɓum̩ɲáːma/

Noun

úbumnyáma class 14

  1. blackness, darkness

Inflection

Class 14 (locative ebumnyameni)
singular plural
full form ubumnyama
simple form bumnyama
locative ebumnyameni
copulative ngubumnyama
Possessive forms
singular plural
modifier substantive modifier substantive
class 1 wobumnyama owobumnyama
class 2 bobumnyama abobumnyama
class 3 wobumnyama owobumnyama
class 4 yobumnyama eyobumnyama
class 5 lobumnyama elobumnyama
class 6 obumnyama awobumnyama
class 7 sobumnyama esobumnyama
class 8 zobumnyama ezobumnyama
class 9 yobumnyama eyobumnyama
class 10 zobumnyama ezobumnyama
class 11 lobumnyama olobumnyama
class 14 bobumnyama obobumnyama
class 15 kobumnyama okobumnyama
class 17 kobumnyama okobumnyama

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