ushizi

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /úʃiːzi/

Noun

úshizi class 1a

  1. cheese

Inflection

Class 1a (locative kushizi)
singular plural
full form ushizi —
simple form shizi —
locative kushizi —
copulative ngushizi —
Possessive forms
singular plural
modifier substantive modifier substantive
class 1 kashizi okashizi — —
class 2 bakashizi abakashizi — —
class 3 kashizi okashizi — —
class 4 kashizi ekashizi — —
class 5 likashizi elikashizi — —
class 6 kashizi akashizi — —
class 7 sikashizi esikashizi — —
class 8 zikashizi ezikashizi — —
class 9 kashizi ekashizi — —
class 10 zikashizi ezikashizi — —
class 11 lukashizi olukashizi — —
class 14 bukashizi obukashizi — —
class 15 kukashizi okukashizi — —
class 17 kukashizi okukashizi — —

References

C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-shizi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-shizi (2.9.9)”

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