ilahle
Southern Ndebele
Noun
ílâhle class 5 (plural ámálâhle class 6)
- coal
Inflection
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Xhosa
Etymology
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Noun
ilahle? class 5 (plural amalahle class 6)
- untrustworthy guy
Inflection
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Zulu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îːlâːɬe/
Noun
îlâhle class 5 (plural ámalâhle class 6)
- cinder, ember, piece of coal, piece of charcoal
- battery (electrochemical cell)
Inflection
| Class 5/6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | ilahle | amalahle | ||
| Locative | elahleni | emalahleni | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | ilahle | amalahle | ||
| Simple form | lilahle | malahle | ||
| Locative | elahleni | emalahleni | ||
| Copulative | yilahle | ngamalahle | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | welahle | owelahle | wamalahle | owamalahle |
| Class 2 | belahle | abelahle | bamalahle | abamalahle |
| Class 3 | welahle | owelahle | wamalahle | owamalahle |
| Class 4 | yelahle | eyelahle | yamalahle | eyamalahle |
| Class 5 | lelahle | elelahle | lamalahle | elamalahle |
| Class 6 | elahle | awelahle | amalahle | awamalahle |
| Class 7 | selahle | eselahle | samalahle | esamalahle |
| Class 8 | zelahle | ezelahle | zamalahle | ezamalahle |
| Class 9 | yelahle | eyelahle | yamalahle | eyamalahle |
| Class 10 | zelahle | ezelahle | zamalahle | ezamalahle |
| Class 11 | lwelahle | olwelahle | lwamalahle | olwamalahle |
| Class 14 | belahle | obelahle | bamalahle | obamalahle |
| Class 15 | kwelahle | okwelahle | kwamalahle | okwamalahle |
| Class 17 | kwelahle | okwelahle | kwamalahle | okwamalahle |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-lahle”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-lahle (2.6.3-8.9)”