umrawu
Zulu
Etymology
From Sotho morao (“back”), ultimately from Proto-Bantu *ìtákò.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úm̩râːwu/
Noun
úmrâwu class 3 (plural ímirâwu class 4)
- (slang) buttocks
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umrawu | imirawu | ||
| simple form | mrawu | mirawu | ||
| locative | emrawini | emirawini | ||
| copulative | ngumrawu | yimirawu | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womrawu | owomrawu | wemirawu | owemirawu |
| class 2 | bomrawu | abomrawu | bemirawu | abemirawu |
| class 3 | womrawu | owomrawu | wemirawu | owemirawu |
| class 4 | yomrawu | eyomrawu | yemirawu | eyemirawu |
| class 5 | lomrawu | elomrawu | lemirawu | elemirawu |
| class 6 | omrawu | awomrawu | emirawu | awemirawu |
| class 7 | somrawu | esomrawu | semirawu | esemirawu |
| class 8 | zomrawu | ezomrawu | zemirawu | ezemirawu |
| class 9 | yomrawu | eyomrawu | yemirawu | eyemirawu |
| class 10 | zomrawu | ezomrawu | zemirawu | ezemirawu |
| class 11 | lomrawu | olomrawu | lwemirawu | olwemirawu |
| class 14 | bomrawu | obomrawu | bemirawu | obemirawu |
| class 15 | komrawu | okomrawu | kwemirawu | okwemirawu |
| class 17 | komrawu | okomrawu | kwemirawu | okwemirawu |