umbane

Swazi

Noun

úḿbane class 3 (plural ímíbane class 4)

  1. lightning

Inflection

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Xhosa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [úḿ̩ɓaːne]

Noun

úḿbane class 3 (plural ímíbane class 4)

  1. electricity
  2. lightning

Inflection

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Zulu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uḿ̩ɓaːne/

Noun

uḿbane class 3 (plural imíbane class 4)

  1. Cloud to ground lightning; as opposed to unyazi, which is cloud to cloud or intra-cloud lightning.

Inflection

Class 3/4 (locative embaneni)
singular plural
full form umbane imibane
simple form mbane mibane
locative embaneni emibaneni
copulative ngumbane yimibane
Possessive forms
singular plural
modifier substantive modifier substantive
class 1 wombane owombane wemibane owemibane
class 2 bombane abombane bemibane abemibane
class 3 wombane owombane wemibane owemibane
class 4 yombane eyombane yemibane eyemibane
class 5 lombane elombane lemibane elemibane
class 6 ombane awombane emibane awemibane
class 7 sombane esombane semibane esemibane
class 8 zombane ezombane zemibane ezemibane
class 9 yombane eyombane yemibane eyemibane
class 10 zombane ezombane zemibane ezemibane
class 11 lombane olombane lwemibane olwemibane
class 14 bombane obombane bemibane obemibane
class 15 kombane okombane kwemibane okwemibane
class 17 kombane okombane kwemibane okwemibane

References

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