hlanu
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *-hlánu, from Proto-Bantu *-cáànʊ̀.
Adjective
-hlánu
- five
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *-hlánu, from Proto-Bantu *-cáànʊ̀.
Adjective
-hlánu
- five
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *-hlánu, from Proto-Bantu *-cáànʊ̀.
Adjective
-hlánu
- five
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *-hlánu, from Proto-Bantu *-cáànʊ̀.
Adjective
-hlânu
- five
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *-hlánu, from Proto-Bantu *-cáànʊ̀.
Adjective
-hlánu
- five
Inflection
| Adjective concord, tone class H | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modifier | Copulative | |||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | engimhlanu | engingemhlanu | ngimhlanu | angimhlanu |
| 2nd singular | omhlanu | ongemhlanu | umhlanu | awumhlanu |
| 1st plural | esibahlanu | esingebahlanu | sibahlanu | asibahlanu |
| 2nd plural | enibahlanu | eningebahlanu | nibahlanu | anibahlanu |
| Class 1 | omhlanu | ongemhlanu | mhlanu | akamhlanu |
| Class 2 | abahlanu | abangebahlanu | bahlanu | ababahlanu |
| Class 3 | omhlanu | ongemhlanu | mhlanu | awumhlanu |
| Class 4 | emihlanu | engemihlanu | mihlanu | ayimihlanu |
| Class 5 | elihlanu | elingelihlanu | lihlanu | alilihlanu |
| Class 6 | amahlanu | angemahlanu | mahlanu | awamahlanu |
| Class 7 | esihlanu | esingesihlanu | sihlanu | asisihlanu |
| Class 8 | ezinhlanu | ezingezinhlanu | zinhlanu | azizinhlanu |
| Class 9 | enhlanu | engenhlanu, engeyinhlanu | inhlanu, yinhlanu | ayiyinhlanu |
| Class 10 | ezinhlanu | ezingezinhlanu | zinhlanu | azizinhlanu |
| Class 11 | oluhlanu | olungeluhlanu | luhlanu | aluluhlanu |
| Class 14 | obuhlanu | obungebuhlanu | buhlanu | abubuhlanu |
| Class 15 | okuhlanu | okungekuhlanu | kuhlanu | akukuhlanu |
| Class 17 | okuhlanu | okungekuhlanu | kuhlanu | akukuhlanu |
Derived terms
- isihlanu
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-hlanu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-hlanu”