umhlabathi
Zulu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /úm̩ɬaɓâːtʰi/
Noun
úmhlabâthi class 3 (plural ímihlabâthi class 4)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full form | umhlabathi | imihlabathi | ||
| simple form | mhlabathi | mihlabathi | ||
| locative | emhlabathini | emihlabathini | ||
| copulative | ngumhlabathi | yimihlabathi | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| modifier | substantive | modifier | substantive | |
| class 1 | womhlabathi | owomhlabathi | wemihlabathi | owemihlabathi |
| class 2 | bomhlabathi | abomhlabathi | bemihlabathi | abemihlabathi |
| class 3 | womhlabathi | owomhlabathi | wemihlabathi | owemihlabathi |
| class 4 | yomhlabathi | eyomhlabathi | yemihlabathi | eyemihlabathi |
| class 5 | lomhlabathi | elomhlabathi | lemihlabathi | elemihlabathi |
| class 6 | omhlabathi | awomhlabathi | emihlabathi | awemihlabathi |
| class 7 | somhlabathi | esomhlabathi | semihlabathi | esemihlabathi |
| class 8 | zomhlabathi | ezomhlabathi | zemihlabathi | ezemihlabathi |
| class 9 | yomhlabathi | eyomhlabathi | yemihlabathi | eyemihlabathi |
| class 10 | zomhlabathi | ezomhlabathi | zemihlabathi | ezemihlabathi |
| class 11 | lomhlabathi | olomhlabathi | lwemihlabathi | olwemihlabathi |
| class 14 | bomhlabathi | obomhlabathi | bemihlabathi | obemihlabathi |
| class 15 | komhlabathi | okomhlabathi | kwemihlabathi | okwemihlabathi |
| class 17 | komhlabathi | okomhlabathi | kwemihlabathi | okwemihlabathi |
Related terms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-hlaɓathi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-hlaɓathi (2.4.4.3-8.9)”