umuga
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úmuːɡá/
Noun
úmugá class 3 (plural ímigá class 4)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umuga | imiga | ||
| simple form | muga | miga | ||
| locative | emugeni | emigeni | ||
| copulative | ngumuga | yimiga | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womuga | owomuga | wemiga | owemiga |
| class 2 | bomuga | abomuga | bemiga | abemiga |
| class 3 | womuga | owomuga | wemiga | owemiga |
| class 4 | yomuga | eyomuga | yemiga | eyemiga |
| class 5 | lomuga | elomuga | lemiga | elemiga |
| class 6 | omuga | awomuga | emiga | awemiga |
| class 7 | somuga | esomuga | semiga | esemiga |
| class 8 | zomuga | ezomuga | zemiga | ezemiga |
| class 9 | yomuga | eyomuga | yemiga | eyemiga |
| class 10 | zomuga | ezomuga | zemiga | ezemiga |
| class 11 | lomuga | olomuga | lwemiga | olwemiga |
| class 14 | bomuga | obomuga | bemiga | obemiga |
| class 15 | komuga | okomuga | kwemiga | okwemiga |
| class 17 | komuga | okomuga | kwemiga | okwemiga |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ga (2.3-6.6-3)”