umsila
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.
Noun
úḿsîla class 3 (plural ímísîla class 4)
- tail (of an animal)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.
Noun
úḿsîla class 3 (plural ímísîla class 4)
- tail (of an animal)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [úḿ̩sîːla]
Noun
úḿsîla class 3 (plural ímísîla class 4)
- tail (of an animal)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úm̩sîːla/
Noun
úmsîla class 3 (plural ímisîla class 4)
- tail (of an animal)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umsila | imisila | ||
| simple form | msila | misila | ||
| locative | emsileni | emisileni | ||
| copulative | ngumsila | yimisila | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womsila | owomsila | wemisila | owemisila |
| class 2 | bomsila | abomsila | bemisila | abemisila |
| class 3 | womsila | owomsila | wemisila | owemisila |
| class 4 | yomsila | eyomsila | yemisila | eyemisila |
| class 5 | lomsila | elomsila | lemisila | elemisila |
| class 6 | omsila | awomsila | emisila | awemisila |
| class 7 | somsila | esomsila | semisila | esemisila |
| class 8 | zomsila | ezomsila | zemisila | ezemisila |
| class 9 | yomsila | eyomsila | yemisila | eyemisila |
| class 10 | zomsila | ezomsila | zemisila | ezemisila |
| class 11 | lomsila | olomsila | lwemisila | olwemisila |
| class 14 | bomsila | obomsila | bemisila | obemisila |
| class 15 | komsila | okomsila | kwemisila | okwemisila |
| class 17 | komsila | okomsila | kwemisila | okwemisila |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-sila”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-sila (2.6.3-8.9)”