umzukulu
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Common Bantu *mʊ̀jíjʊ̀kʊ̀dʊ̀.
Noun
úḿzúkûlu class 1 (plural ábázúkûlu class 2)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Common Bantu *mʊ̀jíjʊ̀kʊ̀dʊ̀.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uḿ̩zuɠûːlu/
Noun
uḿzukûlu class 1 (plural abázukûlu class 2)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umzukulu | abazukulu | ||
| simple form | mzukulu | bazukulu | ||
| locative | kumzukulu | kubazukulu | ||
| copulative | ngumzukulu | ngabazukulu | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womzukulu | owomzukulu | wabazukulu | owabazukulu |
| class 2 | bomzukulu | abomzukulu | babazukulu | ababazukulu |
| class 3 | womzukulu | owomzukulu | wabazukulu | owabazukulu |
| class 4 | yomzukulu | eyomzukulu | yabazukulu | eyabazukulu |
| class 5 | lomzukulu | elomzukulu | labazukulu | elabazukulu |
| class 6 | omzukulu | awomzukulu | abazukulu | awabazukulu |
| class 7 | somzukulu | esomzukulu | sabazukulu | esabazukulu |
| class 8 | zomzukulu | ezomzukulu | zabazukulu | ezabazukulu |
| class 9 | yomzukulu | eyomzukulu | yabazukulu | eyabazukulu |
| class 10 | zomzukulu | ezomzukulu | zabazukulu | ezabazukulu |
| class 11 | lomzukulu | olomzukulu | lwabazukulu | olwabazukulu |
| class 14 | bomzukulu | obomzukulu | babazukulu | obabazukulu |
| class 15 | komzukulu | okomzukulu | kwabazukulu | okwabazukulu |
| class 17 | komzukulu | okomzukulu | kwabazukulu | okwabazukulu |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-zukulu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-zukulu (6.3.8.3-8.9)”