ibele
Ghotuo
Noun
ìbèlè
- plural of ùbèlè
References
- Current Approaches to African Linguistics →ISBN, Ivan R. Dihoff (editor), volume 1, 1983
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ílibéle, from Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.
Noun
ibele? class 5 (plural amabele class 6)
- breast
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ílibéle, from Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [íɓéːle]
Noun
íbéle class 5 (plural ámábéle class 6)
- breast
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *ílibéle, from Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îːɓéːle/
Noun
îbéle class 5 (plural ámabéle class 6)
- breast
- udder
Inflection
| Class 5/6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | ibele | amabele | ||
| Locative | ebeleni | emabeleni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | ibele | amabele | ||
| Simple form | libele | mabele | ||
| Locative | ebeleni | emabeleni | ||
| Copulative | yibele | ngamabele | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | webele | owebele | wamabele | owamabele |
| Class 2 | bebele | abebele | bamabele | abamabele |
| Class 3 | webele | owebele | wamabele | owamabele |
| Class 4 | yebele | eyebele | yamabele | eyamabele |
| Class 5 | lebele | elebele | lamabele | elamabele |
| Class 6 | ebele | awebele | amabele | awamabele |
| Class 7 | sebele | esebele | samabele | esamabele |
| Class 8 | zebele | ezebele | zamabele | ezamabele |
| Class 9 | yebele | eyebele | yamabele | eyamabele |
| Class 10 | zebele | ezebele | zamabele | ezamabele |
| Class 11 | lwebele | olwebele | lwamabele | olwamabele |
| Class 14 | bebele | obebele | bamabele | obamabele |
| Class 15 | kwebele | okwebele | kwamabele | okwamabele |
| Class 17 | kwebele | okwebele | kwamabele | okwamabele |