idolobha
Zulu
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans dorp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːdolôːba/
Noun
īdolôbha class 5 (plural amadolôbha class 6)
- town, city
Inflection
| Class 5/6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | idolobha | amadolobha | ||
| Locative | edolobheni | emadolobheni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | idolobha | amadolobha | ||
| Simple form | lidolobha | madolobha | ||
| Locative | edolobheni | emadolobheni | ||
| Copulative | yidolobha | ngamadolobha | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wedolobha | owedolobha | wamadolobha | owamadolobha |
| Class 2 | bedolobha | abedolobha | bamadolobha | abamadolobha |
| Class 3 | wedolobha | owedolobha | wamadolobha | owamadolobha |
| Class 4 | yedolobha | eyedolobha | yamadolobha | eyamadolobha |
| Class 5 | ledolobha | eledolobha | lamadolobha | elamadolobha |
| Class 6 | edolobha | awedolobha | amadolobha | awamadolobha |
| Class 7 | sedolobha | esedolobha | samadolobha | esamadolobha |
| Class 8 | zedolobha | ezedolobha | zamadolobha | ezamadolobha |
| Class 9 | yedolobha | eyedolobha | yamadolobha | eyamadolobha |
| Class 10 | zedolobha | ezedolobha | zamadolobha | ezamadolobha |
| Class 11 | lwedolobha | olwedolobha | lwamadolobha | olwamadolobha |
| Class 14 | bedolobha | obedolobha | bamadolobha | obamadolobha |
| Class 15 | kwedolobha | okwedolobha | kwamadolobha | okwamadolobha |
| Class 17 | kwedolobha | okwedolobha | kwamadolobha | okwamadolobha |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-doloba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-doloba (6.6.6.3-8.9)”